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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Mutual Fright.


go dear me,
What shalt do!
As sure as 1 live,
There's a mouse in my shoe"
And Susie jumped back
In her snug little bed,
And pulled all the covering
over her head.
Poor mousey kept still,
All trembling with fright,
In the dear little shoe
Where he'd slept half the night.
And he thought 10 himself,
go. what shall lido.
wish had nerer
Crawled into this SHOE"
Now this is the way
lie came TO go in;
Little sue had been playing school
In the cCrn-bin,
And while whipping an " ear
She called "Billy Delue,'
small grain of corn
Had got into her shoe.
That night, after Susie
Was snugly III bed,
From a hole in the corner
Out came Nibble's head
And looking around
With his little bright eyes,
He began ia this manner
10 soliloquize:
I'm awful hungry
And II there's a crumb
To be found in these quarters,
/ be, IN have some.
Perhaps there's treasure
In taosc bureau drawers:
III just make a hole
With my teeth and ny claws.
But no. SO H. hunted
The room DER ana DER,
TIL he spled Susie's shoes
Side 10y side on the floor.
81 | smell something nice, said he,
MnuklIng his nose;
d" l guess there's 4 tid-bit
IN one of these toes
So mp he crept slyly.
All wriggling about
He p0ked M. nose ia,
And he po6ed his nose out,
Until be discovered
The wee grain Of corn,-
All, tins was "A treasure
To mousey forlorn.
lie wished there was something else
Nice he could steal;
That one little gram
Didn't make halt meal.
But finding Il vain
In more corners to peep,
lie curled up in the shoe,
And went fast asleep.
now this is the way
That our poor Little sue
Came to find III the morning
mouse in her shoe.
But which do you think
Had the most cause 20 fear
Poor Nibble or Susie
Just tell me, my dear.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03

THE proposition to build tunnel
under the Straits of Dover, and thus
connect England with France by rail-
way, seems to be really under way. A
report has been made in reference to its
feasibility.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-03

SETH GREEN, the pisciculturist, has
had returned to him by shad, gold
watch-tey, which was marked with his
name, and which he lost overheard
some years ago.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05

ONE wo-story House, 10 rooms on Perry
" street, IL blocks from Washington st.
good barn and stable, about 45xl6 feet, wooo
shed, smoke house and other conveniences
Full lot-layz high, with room for another
house. Price only 800 II sold immediate
ly.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
A WOman on Matt Carpenter.

There Is something remarkably en-
gaging and devil-may-care and out
spoken in this jolly Mr.. Worldly
Wiseman OF the Senate. There IS
even q tain magnetism OF good
humor and good living, genius and
and geniality about him. He Is a
Webster, with the dignity and de-
corum left out. He reminds one OF
Sheridan and Rochester and the Mar
quis Of Donegal and other splendid olO
spendthrifts and good fellows, Of
whom this penuriogs, Puritanic age
and country are not worthy. We are
a little shocked at some sentiments he
utters, but we rather like him for
speaking them out, and not conceal
ing them or CLOSING them over. We
know Just where to find him every
time. His moral epidermis does seem
to be little thickeued by law and
politics and Washington associations,
he is so comfortably unconscious OF
the damage he may be doing himself
by his ingenious admissions, and
cheerful recklessness Of statement.
He never knows when and where be
is hurt. He reminds me of one OF
Governor Hunts little camp stories.
He-that is the Goyernor-described
a poor white family in Missouri, care
less, shiftless, and intolerably lazy,
the daughters of which were eccus-
toned to go barefooted till the soles
of their feet became hard like unto
horn. One Of these young ladies, on
coming home one day from q long
tramp in the rain after the COWS, was
standing ON the hearth drying her
clothes, when her old mother drawled
out, 'Sal, thsr's-a-live-coal-un-
der-yer-fOOt.p The girl slightly
turned her head, and drawled back I:
(Which = foot, mammy p Grace
Irao~,trro1
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
sharp.

We were on John Fowler's stage
riding from Bridgeton to Norway. TINT
outside was crowded with passengers
and among them was a young city
sprig with two damsels in charge
In the edge of Harrison, John pulled
up at a wayside fountain to water his
horses. Not far away, upon the op-
posite side of the road, was farmers
cot and in a neighboring pasture wer:
several cows grazing. At the water.
ing trough was a tow-headed, freek-
led faced girl of some fifteen sum-
mers. She may have been older, bui
she did not look like it. She had sci
her pail under the end of the spout
and was waiting for,it to I'LL. The city
youth was smart and grand, and he
was inclined at times to be facetious
He wished to entertain his blooming
companions, and the thought struck
him that he would innocently do Il
at the expense CT the tOw-headed cir
aforesaid. So he addressed her.
"Say, my good girl, do you live owe
there" pointing to the cottage.
''Yes sir" Modestly, and with {
curtsey.
OOtS your laIueI i've Ineres
"Yes SIR"
"Are those his cows?"
ayes sir.'j
"Do you have to bring your watel
from this place ="
We do now, sir, in the time o
drought"
"You don't sell milk, do you ?"
"Yes, sir,-father sells a great dea
Of milk"
"And he carries all his water from
here ?"
"Certainly, sir" her eyes opening
and her lips tightening.
"Then he can't afford to put much
water in his milk"
"Well, sir, II he does or doesn'i
what's that to you ?''
Nothing, only 1 like my mill
without water.n ---
'Indeed, sir,n (the 1reckled fac
flaming and the great blue eyes snap
ping). "Why need you fret? Wh.
don't you get your milk as all tn
rest of 'em do2 Our calves never ruI
Sha wfnf~ - r~.f1k u
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
A ShakeresS returns TO Her Husband
After Nine Tears Absence.

Nine years ago the wife OF Friend
Daniel Pratt, at Davies Mills, In Vas
| salbOr0ugh, left her husbands bed and
| board and removed to New GlOuehes-
ter, joining the fraternity of Shakers
Whatever the cause of this proceed
ing-suffieient, probably, In her mind
it was kept to herself. She packed
up her furniture and quietly left FOR
her new home and associations. For
nine long years she had lived in her
strangely chosen home. In the mean
time her devoted husband lived alone
at the old homestead, keeping alive
| the fire on the hearthstOne, and NOV
ing along apparently eoatented and
happy as though nothing unusual had
happened. But the strangest part is
the sequel. The other day the spirit
moved the old lady to leave Shaker
dom and return to the scenes OF her
former home. This she does, and is
cordially received by the long desert
ed but still faithful husband. He goes
more thsn half way to meet the re-
turning prodigal wife. The veal sea-
son having passed, tie old gentleman
slaughtered turkey, fattened for the
I Christmas holidays, and there is joy
in that house undisturbed BY the COM
plainings Of any elder brothers. The
neighbors got together and gave q
public reception and supper IN honor
Of the event. And go the aged couple
who have passed the three-quarter
milestone Of a century, are living to-
gether again, eOntented and happy,
and hand in hand they gently down
the western declivity Of life toward
its setting sun.-ReRnc5ee Ao17e1
.Jo'fTn0i,
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
About Thumbs.

We suppose that all our readers
know that ma would not be what he
is without . thumb. This little fact
has been so impressed upon US from
our school days that we are not like
ly TO forget II. Without the thumb
for a lever, we would be unable to
hold anything tightly, and most OF
the inventions OF are era would be
useless. not to speak OF the enorm-
Gus general power that would be lost.
Let rs eeeept the fact Of our having
thumbs, then and be thankful and re-
iOlcs over our DarYinian friends, the
apes. We did not know, however,
until We saw It IN print recently, that
the thumb represented intelligence
and affection. Born idiots frequently
come into the world without thumbs.
Infants, until they arrive at an age
when intellect dawns, constantly
keep their fingers folded over their
thumbs, but they soon know better,
and, rs the mind deyelepes, recognize
the dignity and usefulness OF the de-
spised digit. At the approach Of
death the thumbs Of the dying, as II
impelled by some vague fear, seek
refuge under the fingers, and when
found thus are an almost certain in
dicatiOn OF tire end. So, IN leaving
this world, &c would seem that our
hands in their last desire for move
ment assume, with our growing
unconsciousness, the same suggestive
position in which the hands % the
newborn babe, with faculties all DOR
mant, first shape themselves. Small
thumbs denote an effectionats dis
position; long thumbs go with long
head; short, thick, stumpy thumbs
mark o cruel man, and much more TO
the same purpose. -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
How EnyrarInr Has Invented

IL Is interesting to know by what
process the invention was suggested.
Like all the jewelers. of his time,
tiniyuerra Ornamented his works
htits, caskets, pStens, cups, clIaliees-
with patterns engraved intagiiO.
When the artist has finished his
work, he spread over the engraving a
black enamel uiello, whose compost
neventO Celini ia his treatise on Jew
elry. This enamel, filing the cut
tings OF the engraving, made the de-
sign visible in black upon the clear
tone Of the metal. But as any re-
touching WAS impossible after The
! melted niellO had been run into the
mould, the jeweier, before proceeding
10 the last operation, took one OF the
several impressions with clay to be
able to inspect mis- work, and, IL need
be, TO correct il. Upon the clay the
engraving presented itself in relief,
and reversed il !; if, for instance, an
inscription were trsced in the Origi-
nal from right To left, ii would, in the
IMPRESSION run from left to right
Now, 10 see his work IS be would
have seen IL upon the nieliO-eoversd
plate. the jeweler poured sulphur over
the clay, and, after having cOloTed
with lsmp-black the furrOws in tine
sulphur, he printed q eountsr-prOOf
that replaced the engraving in its
proper position before his eyes. This
method Finiguerrs had employed
when he engraved for the church OF
the Baptists st Fiorenes one Of those
patens to which the name psix was
given, because they received the kiss
OF peace IN religious ceremonies
After having taken with sulphur
two impressions, Finiguerrs eOnceiv-
ed ideas of printing one upon the sily-
er plate with paper that he pressed
with roller and the proof thus OBJ
tanned was the first print from an in
taglio. This inestImable relic is pre-
served at Paris In the cabinet oi
prints.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
4 "PathetIe'' RemIniseeBce

"JObn," Of New York paper, has
a pathetic "reminiscences OF Meriden
Conn, which he thus relates:
! am now at Meriden. It's tbs
very place where 3 female novelist
was once lost to society. She was
lost in this way. She had written q
novel, ''The Dead Minister; or, the Fa'
tai Dish Rag" or some such name,
and she had lover, and one fatal
night she sat down TO read that novel
to her lover. She commenced 20
read as follows:
"Winnifred Attieboro sat with bat.
ed breath q fishing"
"You mean bated hook, said he.
'I mean bated breath" says she.
Says he, "WhO the deuce ever fish
ed with O bated breatb?'
Says she, "You're q fool"
Says he, Farewell, Susan; alas,
farewell"
He might Of added another letter tO
that alas, for it proved to be a last
farewell. Two loving hearts were
severed and her book was lost TO the
world, for in her rage she used 1t TO
kindly fire with 10 ripen some cod
fish balls with
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
The InnnisitIFa Rnman.

The other day, on the Amherst rail-
way, / sat next 8 coarse-voieed wo-
man, with nose and eyes which look
ed as il made expressly for pryihg in
to other peoples business, and form
which indicated that she had fOuUd
the occupation thriving one. OppO-
site to US sat q handsome young lady
in an elaborate suit Of sage green,
with an elegant copy of middle
march" on her lap. The sharp voiced
woman stared at her very hard, fid-
geted good deal, and leaning over
commenced q conversation in this
way:
dBook agent, ] see. Have good
luek?o
-'fYou are mistaken, madam; I am
no agent, (much astOnished.
"Oh! Amt eanvasing? I thought
per'aps you was. Some do"
''No!" docking out the window.
'You go to school, per'aps? "
''No," with half smile.)
"Oh, you don't? Thought per'aps
you did, !" with long respiration, and
looking her over as II she thought she
was not making progress, she spied a
heavy gold ring on the third finger OF
the left hand, and commenced again:
married ?n
'Yes." r-
"Bride, per'sps?"
''Yes," with glance at tall gem
tleman who stood in the rear end of
the car, talking with eonductor.)
"Oh! and these are your weddin'
fxin's. might have knowed it"
running her eyes from the jaunty hat
down the multitudinous folds and ruff
fies to the dainty French kid boots.
Husband forehanded ?'
Ny husband has the same number
of hands as other people, madam"
very sharply and making the best
OF her way to q vacant seat at the
other end Of the car, while the inquis-
itive woman settled back, as IL she
felt wronged at not having met with
her usual good success.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
VOL UME 26-NUMBER I8.
An Episode orths late War.

A very curious episode In eonnec.
Llon with the recent war, saws the
, FGlt Mall Gazette, has inst been
brought before the couneii If Wal
sltting 81 Versailles. SIX young men
belonging 10 the best families In
Cnampagne, who formed part OF the
alonSnlrait fFsnes-tireuTs, were ac-
cuseG o. committing rOobeFies and
IHurIers- ON the hign road near
Kneims, and the prosecution alleged
{ t1aL these crimes Rtre peTpetrated
aIter the declaration OF the srmistice
upon trenchmen who no longer in
Tear OF the Prussians, began to travel
with full sense OF security. But. as
the trial proceeded, matters assumed
3 very different aspect. It was
proved that in every instance but
one the victims Of these proceedings,
irregular at the best, were German
soldiers, and that the only exception
was man called Fritz, who however,
fully deserved his fate, as he had acted
the part OF spy and forager for the
enemy throughout the whole war.
Moreover, those OF the accused who
had taken part in the self-eOnstituted
eourt-marIlsl which preceded his
execution fully acknowledged having
done so, and one OF them produced
the written confession OF Fritz that
he had sold himself to the enemy. IL
was shown, too, that the corps to
which they belonged had not been
guilty OF the excesses which in some
parts Of France made ''francs-tireurn
and ''franevoleur" Synonymous terms
and there was also grounds for be-
iieying their statement that they
were not aware that the arrnisties
had been signed when they took the
law into their own hands. Such be-
ing the case, and making al;0wSnee
FOR the ''patriotic' feelings o. the
Judges. i Is no wonder that they
should have been acquitted, and that
the decision should have been rsceiy-
ed with unchecked applause by the
audience, but It Is just possible that
the German Government may iusist
upon some satisfaction lOr the sum-
mary justice dealt out to its soldiers.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
Remittance. by Wau

With all the facilities afforded the
people for transmitting money with
absolute safety, people will persist In
sending money in the shape OF bank
notes or greenbaeks in letters.
Now, with all the chances to which
a letter In the ordinary mail Is expos
ell, il ia inconceigable that a man
would risk the loss of his money in
that way, when there are three prae-
tically safe and secure ways of remit
ting it.
Ist. BY bank draft, which fstol-
en- is of no use to the thief, who will
very seldom run the additional risk OF
forgery and being identified. Such
draft, however, can only be obtained
! in towns where bank Is established.
.. By 8 money order. This is abb
solutely safe, the Government being
responsible for the money. A money
order, however, can only be obtained
at money order Offices, but their num-
ber Is now 80 great that most small
remittances can be made in this way
5. By registered letter. This Is also
perfectly safe method Of sending
money or vslusbles through the
mails.
This idea we would like to impress
upon every man, woman and child il
I the community: "Sever send mon
/ ey in 8 letter in the ordinary way
1t Is not safe, and IL money Is lost
there is no redress for the sender.
Either buy draft at the bank, or I
money order at the postoffice, or hav'
your letter containing money regis
tered.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
Salt in Sickness.

Or. Seuider remarks: 81 am sRtis.
fed that I have seen patients die from
deprivation of common sals during q
prOtrscted illness. II is q common
impression that the food for the sick
should not be seasoned, and, whatever
slOp NAV be given, it is almost inno-
cent Of this essential Of life. In the
milk diet that recommend in sIck-
ness, common salt is used freely, the
milk being boiled and given hot.
And II the patient cannot take the US
usl quantity in his food, have 1t
given in his drink. --
This matter is 80 important that y
cannot be repeated too often, or dwelt
upon too long. ---.-..
The most marked example Of this
want OF &C mmon salt I have ever no.
ticed has been In surgical disease, es-
peeially in open wounds. Without a
supply OF salt the tongue would be-
come broad, pallid, puffy, with q ten
acious pasty coat, the secretions ar
rested, the circulation feeble, the ef-
fusion at the point Of injury serous,
with an unpleasant watery pus, which
at last becomes mere sanies or iehor.
A few days Of free allowance Of
salt and the patient gets along we'll"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05

Boutwell, is almost as much OF q poll
tician as her father, being perfectly
conversant with every detail Of his
business, and a strong woman's rights
young lady: Allison, Oglesby, and
Clayton have young and pretty
wives. ---- -f
Mrs. Senator Ames and Mrs. Sena-
tor SpragCe are famous beauties. OF
the latter spoke few weeks ago,
and we are mourning the first now,
She was Miss Butler, daughter OF
General B. f. Butler, and was educa-
ted at the Academy Of the Visitation,
convent in Georgetown, where Mrs.
Stephen A. Douglass and Mrs. Potter
Palmer were also educated. She is
very lovely in manner as well as face.
A Boston artist painted life-size
portrait Of her before she was married,
representing her in a simple white
dress, stepping from rustic door
way. The picture was exquisite, and
the artist was so delighted with his
success that he asked $1,000 for it
General Butler grew indignant, and
told him he might keep it; at which
he. in nowise disconnected, wrote
back that if he didn't choose to give
II, certain club in Boston would pay
that much and more for it, whereup-
on the 5000 was forthcoming direct.
ly. The story is only told, not vouch-
ed for. Now, Mrs. Ames has gone to
Mississippi, her husband having been
elected Governor, and her place at
Washington is yet vacant,
Mr.. Anthony, of Rhode Island, Is
one Of the good-lookfng gentlemen.
He, with Ferry, Of Michigan, and the
yice-P President, are unmarried, and
constitute the available parts. Matt
Carpenter, the subject Of so much un-
pleasant discussion, Is a tolerably
large, shaggy-looking man. He Is
one Of the readiest speakers on the
door, and Is very popular.
Brownlow Is to the Senate what
Stephens is to the House. He sits Al
the extreme left of the Presidents
desk, so as TO be near the door. He Is
q tall, dark-hRired man, pale, even 70
his lips, with no color or life in any
part Of his body, save his restless eyes
that grow bright at rare intervals
when some ringing war-cry on one
side or the other of the chambaY kin.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
Gods Presence.

A city missionary visited = poor old
woman, living alone in a city attic
and whose scanty pittance Of half 1
crown q week was scarcely sufficient
for her bare subsistence. He observ.
ed, in q broken teapot that stood al
the window, a strawberry plant grow
ing. He remarked, FROM time %
time, how 10 continued TO grow, and
with what care lt was watched and
tended. '.Yoar plant fiourishes nice
IL, you Will sOOu have stIaS berries
npon - .sOh, sir" replied the wo-
man. Ssit IL not for the sake Of the
f-5It that / prize IL: bat am too poor
tn Keep any living creature, and It is
q great com fort TO me 10 have that
Uying plant for ] know II can only
live bv the power Of God (; and IS
see il live and grow from day % day,
II tells me that God Is near
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05

on ACRES ofland in Marshal county, IN
GU diana, half q mile from Knott's Sta
ton, on the Chicago, Cincinnati q Louis
Vile Railroad, and near TO the Pittsburg. FIT.
Wayne & Chicago Railroad; so acres OF tim
beT-Oak and Hickory; 10 acres cleared, and
Is acres prairie-all rolling, except the prai-
rle; good market for produce. Only SIS per
acre.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-05
LIttIe ThIngs.

From the highest point Of view
that IL from Gods point Of view-to
him, nothing Is great, nothing small,
IS We measure it. The worth and the
quality Of sn action depend not on Its
prominence, or on any other Of the &C
cidents which we are always apt 70
adopt as the tests OF the greatness oi
our deeds. The largeness Of the con-
sequences OF anything we do - nc
measure Of the true greatness or true
value Oft. So IL Is in regard TO God
himself and his doings. To him, fcl
his loftiness, there Is nothing high
to him, for bis gentiepess, there 4