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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
A Thirty.seven DAYS. Fast,

A man named Van der Veken was dis
covered, on the 18th instant, stretched
insensible on bed in a garnet in this
city. He was taken to the hospital and
then gave signs of life but it was not
till the next day that he had strength
to speak. Then he asked what day it
was and on being informed that it was
the 18th of August, said: "I have
been there these thirty-seven days" A
little latter he became better able to
speak, and i'll reply to questions, he in
formed the doctor that early in July he
had been suffering from splitting of
blood. He was alone in his garrett, but
expecting that he would be better, and
not wishing to trouble any one, he lay
down on the bed. Here, however, he
found himself becoming so weak that he
could not rise, and though he tapped on
the wall, no one appeared to have heard
him. Near his bed was pitcher of
water, and he was able, by means of a
small can, to get some out of it from
time to time. Little 10y little he lost
his remaining strength, until he found
himself unable to move. He could not
speak and his sight became dim from
time to time, until all power of vision
faded. Still his sense of hearing con-
tinued most acute, and he says he could
detect the smallest sound, though ut
terly powerless to articulate syllable.
He is now recovering, and it is expected
will, with care, be thoroughly restored.
Holland PRECURSOR.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Russian Horses

An English writer says A specially
of renOwn in Russia are the little horses
of the Mushik. They are hardy in the
first instance, as everything is in Russia,
and they are quick and strong. Two OF
these little horses, hardly large enough
to be called ponies. will draw plow all
day with pause at noon. They are
now largely exported (under the name
of Litthauers) to Prussia, and in some
places have altogether dispossessed the
oxen of their old privileges. worked
with them on one of the estates of Bar.
on Pfuce, where they We're fed upon
chaff of any description, even of lupines,
very successfully, condimented with
some potato refuse from the distillery.
In harvest time, when the little mice
had to work like brewers horses, L adj
ministered to them some bran, and they
grew fat even under so unfavorable cir
cumstances. We soon had some twenty
more sent down, and so we would spare
them little, and send them into the
inclosure with the foals now and then.
Two of them were able to draw the
Champion reaper all day long, and got
two pecks of oats each as an encourage
ment. They, too, laid on flesh during
the time. / mean to say that they are
the most useful animals for easy agri.
culture existing, as we used to work
them
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
4 NIGHT IN A SIGNAL-BOX.

! am tue wife of an eX-signalman on
the Uniform railway. His signal box
stands high up, white and solitary,
above charming country.
1t is very hot in summer, when the
sun shines on the glass, and very cold
in winter, when the northeast wind
howls around it, and whistles aerial
music through the telegraph.
It was an important lookout, for,
within q mile of it, numerous lines in
tersected each other, over which, day
and night, trains were ever crossing and
re-crossing, with hairbreadth escapes OF
collisions.
When John was counting me, he often
made me tremble about it by saying,
-"Jane, that place is a trouble to me
one day l know there will be a crash /
feel it. A man can't be always in health.
Even a signalmans brain will some
time become dazed and muddled and
then, if he makes a mistake, smash
must come.
We were married, and John grew
brighter and more cheerful, and l trust
ed he had forgotten that wretched pre-
sentiment of his about collision.
After six months, however, it re-
turned. worse than ever. He used to
read all the accidents T; and, when any
of the glficials were convicted for man
slaughter or discharged for negligence,
he would say, That may be my case
tomorrow, Jane then what's to become
Ofyou ?
Thought like him, but he had the kind
est most sensitive heart.
"John." 1 said ut last, "why don't
you quit the situation, and get some
thing else 2"
"Becnuse married man should never
give up one employment before he's
sure of auothey."
"WGl. '4su, dear, don't say any
more, OF ysl make me as nervous as
yourself
i had begu3l to think about the cross
lines ana the mail expresses as much as
John himself, though / wouldn't let
him know it. The signal box began to
haunt me, and / used frequently to go
up 10 the turn of the road and look at il
for nothing at oil. That idea of col
Iision was monomania with joint
was becoming SO with me-
A year went by safely, and, except for
that miserable thought, no two persons
could be happier than John and I. es-
pecially rs we now had little daugh.
ter, who. for while, banished Johns
dread, and we talked hopefully of the
future. Our prospects were better, for
my husband unexpectedly heard from
an uncle in Australia, who had made a
comfortable fortune, and intended to
return and live with his relations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Horrors Of the South African Gold
Diggings.

An English emigrant, writing from
Brisbane, gives sad picture OF the
sutlerings of those who went out to the
Palmer gold diggings. "Since the
18th of March," he says, 81 have been
very i'll, but now, am thankful TO say,
l am perfectly recovered. Since last
wrote have had something fearful to
undergo, and L am one of the lucky
ones to escape as L have. Hundreds of
poor fellows have lost their lives, and
what fearful deaths some of them have
had Some died from starvation, some
were drowned, others were killed by
blacks, and hundreds were carried of
10y dysentery. Even grass and rotten
horseflesh were eagerly devoured.
There were three others who started
with me. One died, and the other two
are now in hospital, and it is doubtful
whether they will ever recover. We
We're nearly shipwrecked, and to save
the vessel we had to smother seventy
SIX horses among which were three of
mine, worth 975. Anyhow, 1 managed
to reach the gold field, and in one day
got "a los worth of gold and the fever
with it. After being unable to walk or
scarcely stand for about ten DAYS. /
started to walk back to the seaport
2OO miles. All the provisions had to
carry me down were six pounds of flour
and four ounces Of tea-neither sugar
nor anything else. 1 counted twenty
three fresh graves on the road, all OF
which had been made since L went up
about fortnight before. Some had
been travelling alone, and had lain down
and died (; and there the bodies lay till
the next traveller came along, and if
they were not too much decomposed,
they were buried; if too far gone, few
branches were thrown over them. and
there they were left. My expedition
cost me e140, and l got ca los in
return"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
A Squirrels Leap.

Recently little red squirrel, having
been pestered considerably by the lads
above the saw-mill of Eben Webster 6
Co., on Marsh Point, Oroso, took ref
uge for life by running up the large
brick chimney near the mill. BY cling
ing to the corner he kept foothold sc
well that he succeeded in reaching the
very top. Here he found himself upon
the iron cap, 1861 feet from the ground.
AS more and more of the waste stuff
from the mill was added to the furnace
the chimney grew hotter. and his situa-
ton became more and more disagreed
bic. He tried to descend upon the side
of the chimney, but, after getting down
a few feet, gave it up, turned about and
went back. by this time the chimney
top had become so hot that he must
leave it, SO, after looking about care
fully for a few minutes, he evidently
made up his mind that he must leap to
save his life, and this he did, spreading
out his legs and balancing himself so
that he struck the ground about fifty
feet from the base uninjured, and i'm
mediately scampered off and secreted
himself under a pile of boards little
distance away.-Bangor (Me.) wing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
He Thought He Loved Her, and then
He Wasn't Sure about 1t.

Joe - was q freshman at Cornell.
He had long felt a preference for Miss
Carrie -, of Toledo, and when he
came home for the summer vacation,
and they went rowing on the Maumee
one evening, the stiffness of the
water, the mellowness of the moonlight
and the enticing solitude were too much
for Joe, and after holding Carries little
hand awhile, and trying to teach her
how to row on the same seat with him,
which Carrie found quite difficult
especially as the oars were of the spoon
fashion-he succumbed to the democrat
izing influence of the scene and pro-
posed, and before he could say Tom
Collins he had pretty girl sobbing in
his arms.
sit will be three years before 1
graduate. Can you wait until then,
darling ?"
Carrie was twenty-one, Joe nineteen.
She seemed a little bit startled, but
said, "Yes, love-"
Joe had had time to think about it
now, and there came into his mind a
faint suggestion that he might have
been just trifie premature, and he
wondered if he really loved Carrie.
"Father thinks L had better take a
couple of years at the Yale Law School
after L get through the literary course, F"
he faltered. A piteous expression was
ON Carries face, but it softened into
one of calm resignation as she sighed,
Yes, love-" But he heard her whisper
family to herself, Five years p His
guilty conscience confirmed the sus-
picion that he did not adore her as he
should. He commenced with desper-
ate calmness, and ended with shrek {:
"Uncle says that 1 must finish off with
four or five years at the German Uni
versities, and then I Want several
gears to traVet :"
Carrie looked wild and tainted. She
has concluded she won't wait.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Opportunity to Try an Organ Before
PURCHASING

Many person is half persuaded that
a Cabinet Organ would be capital
thing for his family worth much more
than its cost. Yet they are not sure
that it would be permanently valued,
but fear that after few months use
the family would tire of it, and SO it
would prove a poor investment. The
Mason g. Hamlin Organ Co. now offer
their famous Cabinet Organs on terms
which will satisfy all such. They will
rent An organ with privilege Of pur-
chaser The party hiring may try 1t as
long as he pleases, paying only the rent
for it while so doing. If he concludes
to purchase within a year, all the rent
he has paid is allowed and deducted
from the price of the organ.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
Sunshine and Sleep.

Sleepless persons should court the
sun. The very worst soporifc is lauda-
mum, and the very best, sunshine.
Therefore it is very plain that poor
sleepers should pass as many hours as
possible in the sunshine, and as few as
possible in the shade. Many women
are martyrs, and yet they do not know
it. They shut the sunshine out of their
hearts, they wear walls, they carry para
soils, they do all possible to keep off the
most potent influence which is intended
to give them strength and beauty and
cheerfulness. Is it not time to change
all this, and so get color and roses IN
our pale cheeks, strength in our weak
backs, and courage in our timid souls +?
The women of America are pale and
delicate, but with the aid of sunlight
they may be blooming and strong.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

THE deepest coal shaft in the country
was formerly that of the Hickory mine
at Pottsville, Pa, which is sunk to the
depth of 666 feet at cost of 500, 900,
and consuming 42S working days in its
construction. This, however, is but
little more than half the contemplated
depth of two shafts now being excavated
near Pottsviile by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company, and
which are to be pushed vertical dis
lance of 1900 feet, 900 in one shaft and
$50 feet in the other having already
been accomplished. AT each shaft
twenty-five diamond drills are used,
boring holes to the depth of between
geo and 300 feet, which are charged and
blasted simultaneously. 1t is estimated
that the coDpletion of the work will
develope n mining area from which at
least $4,000, 600 tons of coal can be got.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
0Waifs from Ararat.v

Under this name, and the shadow OF
the stored mount, a newspaper flour
ishes, edited by Americans (of course):
The paper contains some curious and
interesting local topics, quotes the
price of girls as wives in the Armenian
villages, varying from two to sixteen
pounds, and discusses the peasant no.
ton that the world rests on la rye OK,
which, being irritated by fly losses
its head and causes earthquake es, and
the belief of the natives in the neigh
borhood of the mount that impossible
barriers surround Ararat to prevent its
being desecrated by mortal feet, while
angels keep guard on the summit lest
one piece of the indestructible wood of
th 2 ark should be borne away.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
A Walking Miracle.


Dear sir-Though stranger, want to inform
you what VEGETINE has dohe for me.
Last Christmas, Scrofula made its appearance
in my system-large Iuan ng ulcers appearing on
me as follows: One on each OF my arms, one on my
thigh, which extended TO the sea, one On my
head, whtc eat INTO the skull bone, my left
leg, which became so bad that tive physicians
came TO amputate the limb, though, upon consulta-
ton, concluded not TO dc as my Who'll body was
go fail of Scrofula they deemed advisable to cut
the sore, which was painful beyond descript on,
and there was quart OF matter run from this ono
sore. The physicians all gave me up TO die, and
said they could do more for me. Both Of M legs
were drawn up to my seat, and IL was thought II
did get up again would be q cripple for life.
When In this condition ! saw VBGETINE adver-
ttsed, and commenced taking it in March, and fol-
lowed on with tt until had used 10 bot les and
this morning am going To pillow corn, a well man.
All my townsmcn say 10 is miracle 10 see me
round walking and working.
In conclusion will add, when was enduring
such great suffering from that dreadful disease,
Scrofula, prayed to he Lord above TO take me
out OF this world but as NEaErINE has restored to
me the blessings OF health, desire m re than ever
10 We, that may be OF some service TO my fellow
man, and know 81 no better way 20 aid suffering
humanity than TO tnolose you THIS statement OF my
case, with an earnest hope tat you will publish
~, ana ~ viii ahord me pleasure 90 reply TO any
communication which may receive thercfrom. 1
am, str, very respectfully, WILLIAM PAWN.
ANERY, Berrien Co, CHI, July 10, lS72.
NkoErlNk lie sold by all Druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

THERE is young woman in Marshall
county, Kan, said to be heiress to an
estate of Sl5, 900, 900 in England. The
yarn runs that she was brought to this
country by gypsy, having been stolen
from her parents-that she is member
of one of the noblest families in Great
Britain-that the old bag who brought
her here confessed to these facts upon
the bed of death. The young woman
has received letter from an English
lawyer who asks her to come over and
take possession. And she is going over,
TO the great grief of all the marriage
able young men OF Kansas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

INGENIOUS of valuable
horses that pace rather than trot, will
be glad to know that blacksmith has
changed the gait of pacing horse to
that of trotter by simply fastening an
extra pair of shoes, heavier than usual,
to his forefeet, and taking them off at
all other times. The sudden change OF
weight on his forefeet forces the horse
to change his gait.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

SCROFULOUS HUMORS.

II vEGETIHE will relieve pain, cleanse, purity
and cure such diseases, restoring tine patient to
perfect health after trying different physicians,
many rem edies, suffering for years is 1t not con-
elusive proof, IL you sufferer, you DO
cured?. Why is this medicine performing such
great cures2 1t works in the blood, in the circu-
latiug fluid. 1t truly be called the Great
Blood Purifier. The great source OF d,sease orig
mates in the blood and no meoicine tnat does not
act directly upon 1t, to purify and renovate, has
any just claim upon publ. attention. When the
blood becomes hfeless and stagnant, either fr m
irregular diet, or rom ans other cause, the VICE.
TINE will renew the blood, carry off the putrid
humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels,
ana impart tone Of vigor to the whole body. The
conviction is, In the public m nd well as in the
medical profe on, that the emedies suppl cd by
the Vegetable Kingdom are more safe, more success
ful the disease, than mine raj medicines.
VEGETISg is composed of roots, barks and herbs.
1t is pleasant take, and perfectly safe 10 give
an infant. 1u Scrofula the VEGETINE has per-
formed wonderful cures where many Othsr RENEE
dies have failed, as will be seen by the following
unsolicited testimonial:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

PROBABLY no one disease is the cause
of 80 much bodily misery and unhappiness
(and the disease is almost universal among
the American people, as dyspepsia. Its
causes are many and various, lying chiefly in
plc aud effectual. Use Dr. Wisharts Great
American Dyspepsia Pills. They never fail
to cure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

IT is only thirty years since the first
electric telegraph line was established,
and at this time there are many more
than a million miles of telegraph wires
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

You had better lend man your name
on bill than lend him your umbrella,
because the first is pretty sure to be re-
turned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

AMONG the fine arts not lost is the art Of
children making holes in the toes of boots
and shoes. Time taken about ten days. SILL
known to fail
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

When Iknowed him at first there was suthin'-
sort of general air
srhst was very particular Pleaeiu,
And what you might call debonair.
g',n aware that expression ia Frenohy,
Aud ruther high-daddy, prehaps,
'Ahioh accounts that have the acquaintance
OF several quality chaps,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

And such Is the way they converses.
But, speaKin' of this here young man,
Apparently nftur' had shaped him
On a sort Of liberal plan
Had guv him good looks and good language,
And manners expTessin' with vim
Ills belief in hisself, aud that others
Was just as good fellers as him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02
vITI.

Tie was thinkin' and thinkin' and thinkin',
Aud cuesin' hisself and his fate,
And ended his thinkin' as usual
BY orderin' a Bourbon straight.
He was holdin' the glass in his fingers,
When into the place from the street
There come a youug1gal like spirit,
With a face that was powerful sweet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

/ heY noticed Q'm rather observinO
That them that is cheerfglest here
Il the sort that is seldomest given
To indulgin' theirseives in the fear
That they amt bein' thought of sufficient,
Whatever's the company by,
Or that somebody, somehow or other,
Is toppin' of 'em onto the sly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

What saved that young feller? woman!
She done IL the singerest way:
he come into the bar-room one eyenin',
lie hadn't been drinkin' that day.,
And sct hisself down to table
With terrible sorrowful face,
Aud he sot there a groanin' repeated
And calm hisself gone case.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

B Mt this chap that mentioned was pleasin',
And neither stuck up nor stuck down,
And was thought to be jolly agreeable
Whenever he went around town.
He used to come in for his beverage
Quite regular every night,
And took a considerable interest
Ia mixin' the thing about right.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-10-02

Aud she glided right up to the table
Aud toOl; the glass gently away,
And she says to him, "George, II is over,
am only woman to-day
/ rejected you once in my anger,
But l come 70 you lowly and meek,
For can't live without you. my darling;
thought was strong, but I'm weak.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-25
FEVER AND AGUE, CHILL FEVER, &C.

A few months after having commen ced
the manufacture of DIR. Plercc's Golden
Medical Discovery. the proprietor began to
receive numerous letters from all parts OF
the Western and Southern States bestowing
the most unbounded praise upon it tor hav-
ing promptly cured the writer's or their
friends of Fever and Ague, or other forms
of miasmatic, or malarious diseases. lie
was repeatedly urged to make known the
wonderful virtues Of the Discovery in the
cure OF Ague and kindred diseases. He
always replied that it was not intended tor
cure all. and should he recommend i:
to people as a remedy for so many differ
ent forms and classes of disease, he feared
those who had never tested its virtues
would at once class it among the numerous
humbugs of the day. This answer wa;
satisfactory to no one; they argued thai
the whole country ought to know it at once
and expressed their astOnishment at hi
indifference to the subject His ear an(
heart being at all times open to the call o
suffering humanity, he has at last. atte
| having received testimony from hundred
who have been speedily cured by it, ant
many of them after quinia and all tn
usual means had failed, consented to max
the matter known.
| NEWMAN, JEFF. Co Kan, Jan. e. 1878.
| DIR, PIERCE:
| Dear Sr-Having used few bottles 0
your Golden Medical Discovery and beliey
ing it to be the very best medicine to
Chills and Fever | wish to buy it by tn
dozen, please give me your price for it.
| Rev. THOs. ORIELLY.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-25
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. Is

STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY, .
IL the Circuit Court of said County, Of the May
term, A. ID. 1S14.-In Chaneery.
John Carr the unknown heirs of Jacob C..
Strong. George ID. Gould Levi +. lIarsou, aud the
unknown persons claiming to own the north one
hundred aud twenty five acres of the northeast
quarter of section ten, in township seventeen.
north of range two, west of the fourth principal
meridian (except the right of way of the Rock Is-
land a. Peoria Railroad Company over a-d across
the samek under and by virtue of certain deed
pretended to have been made by one Benjan in
Carr to said Jacob c. Strong, bearing date the
fifth day of May, A. ID. 1852 and recorded in the
kecorier's Once OF SAID Rock Island County, in
boo 5S of deeds at page 179 thereof.
To all of said defendants in the above entitled sui
except Levi +. Harson
Notice is hereby given that the above entitled
suit is pending in said Court and that ala,
writ of summons has been issued against you
therein.
Now unless you shall personally be and appear
before the said Circuit Court the first day of the
ext term thereof. to be holden in the Court House
in the city of Rock Island in the County and Stat
aforesaid, on the first Monday of May, A. d. 1874
| to which time aud place the said GtdS summons il
made ret rnable. and plead answer or demur Il
the bill in said suit filed, that the same will be tu
ken for confessed against you, and decree en-
| tered accordingly
Rock island, ILL.,, March oath, \. d. 1874.
! GEORGE ID. GOULD,
| Clerk of said Court.
OSBORN, CURTIS & ADAMS, Compfts Solicitors.
| 3-25d4w