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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
Centennial Notes.

JOHN HANoooK's quill pen is to be ex-
hibited. arsf
FOREIGN commissioners arrive by
every steamer.
FRANCE sends magnificent collection
of goods, many of which are of novel
workmanship.
THIEVES are lowering about the
grounds, anxious to find some portable
things for idle hands to grasp.
The Japanese building delights all be-
holders. Information in tea-box charac-
tiers is posted on the outer wall.
SIDE shows will spring up all around
the grounds. All the "Try-your-lungs-
for-five-cents men in the country will
be there.
The Egyptian ladies will contribute
their mite to the Women's pavilion.
The weight of their mite is about five
hundred tons. Nothing parsimonions
about the Egyptian females
THERE Will, it is feared, be too many
petty fees and genteel modes OF extor-
ton practiced on the grounds, as at
Vienna. The commissioners ought to
exert themselves to prevent this as far
as possible.
The French restaurant will be largely
made up of mirrors, plate glass and gilt.
There will be music in the grand saloon,
and you will have the pleasure of paying
a pretty French girl for what you've
eaten.
A FRENCH piano maker will send a
new style of upright piano, which can be
converted into bookcase, desk, cabinet
or sofa. When you want to rest quietly
all you have to do is to put your head on
the sounding board.
IF $4,000 articles are ON exhibition at
the Centennial, and the visitor devotes
five hours of each day to the exhibition,
giving one-half minute to the examina-
ton of each article, it will take him five
months to go through.
A STUFFED condor of gigantic size will
be depended from the roof of the CHILEAN
pavilion. It is said to be sixteen feet
from tip to tip, and was killed on Aeon
cagua, the highest peak of the Andes,
and the highest mountains of the West
ern world. Let the eagle hang his head
while screaming!
The street railway companies have
made the most extensive preparation fol
the summer. A large number of new
cars will be put on many OF the lines,
some of which, of new pattern, will
have seats for passengers on the roof.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
"Pull Down Your Vest.o

"You keep vests, my.'frients said
Dutchman entering a Fulton clothing
store, the other day. The clerk promptly
averred that the store was crammed with
them.
CT want a vest" said the Teutvn,
"vat don't rise up on it's hint legs NIT
the neck. bought Won in Syracuse not
long ago NIT dow dollar pill, und by
shimminy / don't notice not myself, but
everywhere 1 go the boys CRY out NIT
der streets, 'Yacub Wy in der name of
der board of drustees don't You pull
down your vest down and Ply dam
have pulled dot vest more'n dree dou-
sand dimes, till wore the bindings off
NIT der puttons."
The clerk explained the joke and sold
him a vest, and the old man went out
with the exclamation "Py shimminy,
don't hear something's about dot over in
Shermany pefore. "-Fulton (N. ~
Times,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21

In order to prove the actual difference
in speed. bottom and other points in
controversy between English and Arab
horses, it said that the we'll known race
horse owner, Mr.. Chaplin, M. p. for
London, has purchased and has actually
in training at Newmarket four first class
Arabs that cost an average of $500 each.
They are said to be the best that could
be bought, of the purest blood, and en-
Joy great reputation in their own coun-
try. In answer to Mr.. Chaplin's effort
Sir John Ashley says that he will run his
five-year old brown horse Scamp every
day for fortnight over the Beacon
course -four miles,. one furlong and 143
yards) at Newmarket, Zone down, tother
come on" for as much money as Mr..
Chaplin can rake together.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
Curious CONundrums.

One of our little boys, says a cotem-
porary, has got the conundrum fever.
A few days ago he came running into the
house, and asked this question:
Father, why is your head like
drum2"
The old gentleman gave if up, when
the urchiD remarked:
"What's in druma" and he rushed
out to stone neighbor Parke's goat.
A day or so later, while the minister
was making bis usual call, the boy put
the following question:
Why was your last Sundays sermon
like the north pole2"
Such strange question made their
hair shoot up with an alacrity that was
astonishing, and feelings of pride glided
through the brain of his parent, who had
pleasant nominations over the future ca
reer of that bright offspring who would
one day reach high distinction in the
affairs of life; but when the boy an
swered the minister, it was because it
couldn't climb tree, the father became
gloomy, and led the boy out by the ear
and logged him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
A Cure discovered for Hydrophobia.

The New York Sunday Mercury says
the discovery has been made of remedy
for hydrophobia. This remedy is known
as wooraria, most virulent poison, OBJ
tanned only in South America. The
Mercury cites a cure in the case of q
man named James Mccarthy, of Jersey
City, who was bitten several weeks ago
by dog. The bite developed into hy-
drophobia and the attending physicians
finally decided to treat the patient with
wooraria. Three hypodermic injections
into the arm of one-third of a grain
each time were administers an inn
provement being apparent after each
one. He speedily recovered with no i'll
effect from the poison.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
LITTLE MISS TURPIN'S FATE.

He Was Stranger, and She Took Him In.
A little conversation took place, one
morning, on the top floor of dingy old
clearinghouse in the metropolis, that led
to strange results. It was in the front
room, but made its way very readily
through the chinks and crannies in the
mortar to the neighboring apartment,
where little Miss Turpin was preparing
her frugal breakfast. The toasting-fork
nearly fell from her hand, and her dimity
apron narrowly escaped being seduced
by presumptuous fame from the CRATE,
when the harsh, gruff voice of her land
lord fell upon her ear.
60 want my money" said Mr.. Shad-
rach.
$50 do l, replied the young doctor,
"and more. He that wants money,
means, and content, is without three
good friends"
"Can L have my money tonight"
"I think net.
Tomorrow
Z" It is extremely doubtful"
"Then you must get out of here. /
want my room"
"When do you want it,
AS soon rs possible"
"Will tomorrow dot"
"Yes."
"Then leave me, friend; the room
shall he yours on tomorrow morning."
The young medical student was man
of spirit, and would have vacated these
not very alluring premises az once, but
he had not where to lay his heal and
there seemed vital necessity just then
for some such proceeding on his part.
He had discovered, two days before, that
the faltering and shabby source of his
peculniary supplies had suddenly failed,
and the knowledge that he was without
money or friends in strange city, to-
gethcr with an inability to beg, borrow or
steal, had robbed him of sleep. The
loss of this necessary rest to tired
brain and worn out body rendered him
the prey to many different sensations
during aud after Mr.. Shadrach's visit.
Am iron band seemed TO compass his
forehead, his eye-balls burned, his hands
shoot. his knees seemed at times about
to collapse beneath HIM, as he walked to
aud fro the length of the dreary apart
ment, for lack of more nourishIng food
cine wing the cud of many bitter fancy.
He asked himself over and over again If
this WIS TO be the end of il all, and why
had he been such fool as to fancy he
could pursue the study of medicine with
the wretched capital of worn out body,
distracted mind, and scarcely money
enough 10 keep flesh upon his bones.
Tint m indomitable spirit had prompted
nm 10 go on hoping for little desultory
practice by the way; that the rose-color
with which youth and inexperience are
apt 10 tint those fallacious dreams had
pecn oil too vivid in mis- case-that these
end many other excuses could be made
lof nlp Jolly availed little just now. A
Systematic course of semi starvation and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
Mexico.

The States of Mexico which are en-
gagged in the present revolutionary move
ment are Puebla, Oaxaca and Vera Cruz.
These are among the principal States of
that Republic, and they have the sym
pathy of no less than seven other States,
which also threaten to secede and set up
an Independent republic. The leader of
the revolutionists-Gen Diaz-is an am
bilious. INSCRIPTIONS adventurer, who
is anxious to be President. Taking adj
vantage of the popular dissatisfaction
with the administration of President
Lerdo, Diaz has placed himself at the
head of an insurrectionary movement,
which, from present prospects, is in a
fair way of success.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
A Muniflcent Legacy.

BY the will of Walter l.. Newberry,
who died in Chicago in the latter part of
1868, one-half of bis estate was to go to
found public library in that city in case
his daughters died without heirs. His
last surviving daughter, Miss Julia r..
Newberry, died in Rome last month, and
on the death of the wife of the testator
or sooner, if an arrangement can be made
with her and the other heirs, the city of
Chicago will receive this munifcent
legacy. The property consists mostly
of real estate, and is valued at between
100000 and $5,000,0O0. 1t is pro-
posed to unite the Historical Society
library and the Present public library
with this new institution, and thus form
one magnificent free public library.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
A Sail Outstrips Steam.

The bark Robert Kelly, Capt. King
man, sailed from Yokohama (Japan) in
company with British steamer, bound
for San Francisco, and beat her twenty
four hours. The bark made this pas
sage in twenty-four days I; the steamer
was twenty five days. The Robert Kelly
was built and is owned by Daniel ID.
Kelly, of East Boston, and is about 800
tons carpenters measurement. The
Stonewall Jackson and William Il.
Thorndike, also built and partly owned
by Mr.. Kelly, have nearly the same
lines as the Robert Kelly.-Boston
Traveller.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
The Erring Erie Boy.

He is nice little boy who lives in
Erie, Pa. They had performance in
the Opera-house, and he stationed him
self at the head of the stairway and said
so sweetly and naturally, Tickets,
please" and they gave him the tickets,
but soon they came to big burly man,
at q door, who wanted tickets, too, and
he wouldn't let them in because they
had none. And the nice little boy went
with his friends to the show, and they
couldn't find him there to pay him for
being door-keeper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
French Leather Gloves.

The annual production of leather
gloves in France is estimated at about
$500, 600 dozens of pairs of first, second
and third sorts, the average price rang
ing from thirty-five to forty francs per
dozen. We may value the production
approximately at 100,O0O,OOO francs
($20, 000,000). Three-fourths OF this
production goes to foreign countries, q
circumstance Que to the elegance and
good quality of the products. The num-
Der of persons employed in the business
of manufacture is about 10000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21

Mary hat got leetle lambs already:
Dose WOOL vos vite like shnow;
IND efery times dot Mary did vend oud,
Dot lambs vent also oud, vid Mary.
Dot lambs dit follow Mary won day 10 der shchool-
house,
vich vas obbosition to der rules of her shchool-
master;
Also vich it dit caused dose schiisn 10 shrnie out
loud,
Ven dey did saw dose lambs on der insides Of der
shchool-house.
Und 10 dot shchoolmsster did kick der lambs gwick
oud;
Likewise dot lambs dit loaf around der outsdes,
IND did shoe der nies init his tail OF patiently
aboud-
Undil Mary dit come also from dot shchool-house
oud.
IND den dot lambs dit run right away gwick 10
Mary, 1917
Und dit make his het ON Mary's arm,
Like he would sad, :" dond vos schared.
Mary would kept me from dhroubles enahow"
"vot vos der reason aloud IT Of dot lambs und
Mary7"
Dose schilien dit ask it dot shchooLmaster:
.veI, dond 20, know it, dot Mary lofe dose lambs
already"
Dot shchool-master dit said.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21

According to this table there is more
reason for calling Harvard an orthodox
college than for calling it heterodox, as
it is sometimes called; and almost as
much reason for calling it an Episcopal
institution as acknowledgements
tiOsaulist.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21

An effort to save three cents will cost
Hancock county (Pa.) man something
over $50. He merely used the same
postage stamp twice.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-21
Religious Views of Harvard College.

The secretary of the last class that
graduated at Harvard gives in his report
the following schedule of the religious
viawsn of its members.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-03
farluers' Column,
"Speed the PLOsU."
Investigation Among Farmers.

Every one should go through the world
with open and observing eyes. Whether
1t be in science, letters, trades, agriculture
or business, the same necessity exists. A
farmer, of all men, should be wide awake.
He lives amid perpetual change. A me-
chanic can work by rule, but farmer is
situated amid every varying phenomena,
and of these and from these must draw his
deductions. He has to develop plans in
| accord with climate and seasons. He is
continually meeting new enemies in the
insect world, or finding new friends in the
same. The problem of plant life is never
ending study, and one replete with useful
data; but how shall we know anything of
either without study and investigation
The manures with which he feeds his
| crops are not only dissimilar in compost
ton, but different plants require different
iood-that is different chemical ingre-
dients, and it is necessary for him to know
what he wants for each crop, and how to
produce and apply it. That he may pro-
duce most at the least outlay is the ever
recurring question, and to do it he must
go deep into cause and effect, and his out
look must embrace not only his own farm
or neiShborhood, but the world. He must
gather information, not only of the state
OF the crops at home and abroad, hut of
the state OF trade, and he must know what
others have done, of their successes and
failures. 1t is not enough to accept the
theories and dicta of others a familiar ac-
qualntance with facts, and the formula in
VOWED III the various experiments is abso-
lutely necessary to insure success in all
things.
If a pest begins to sweep the country,
the wary farmer will seek to learn its ma
ture, character, description, mode of its
operation, and means of checking its raw
ages; then when his own property is in
danger he will know how to ward off the
attack or exterminate the foe. In the in
sect world, and among birds, man has many
friends and adjutants, and he should know
them SO that he may protect them and in
crease their number.
1t is not necessary that he can classify
and arrange all that he knows in perfect
order. Let him know it and be able to
point out the facts.
The trouble about so-called book farming
Is, the farmers suppose they are expected
to accept everything presented in books
and papers as facts on sight. A mistake.
A farmer is expected to think and reason.
and books and papers can only record ex-
perience or theory; and as for theory, one
mans is as good as another, until it is
tested. All science, all knowledge, is the
result of close investigation, and this
knowledge may be gained from others, or
by actual discovery. The realm of nature
is large and widely varied, and it is not
all discovered or understood, and we are
Obliged to learn it by slow and painful
graduation, and it must be conquered by
the individual effort of every one, and to
do this we must observe and remember
what we learn, that we may add our mite
to the store of human knowledge.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-03

A Fable.

1t happened once that all the animals
beasts, birds, fishes and insects-assembl
to hear sermon from one of their number ;
we have not been informed who was the
orator.
The subject of the discourse was the
duty of living to do good, and the audience
seemed much delighted with the number
and variety of motives presented. AS they
went to their respective homes, after the
performance, thus they moraliZed to them
selves
Said the ant, This sermon is very
good one for some folks, but it has no sort
of application to me. What can such a
poor, little crawling thing as l do for the
good of the universe Besides, l have so
large u family of my own to provide for
that it requires all my time and attention.
If had wings like a butterfly, I should
not live so useless life as he does"
Said the butterfly, II am really ashamed
of the ant, who has such stores laid up,
that she does no more good with them
| am sure if | were half so rich, | would
supply all the poor of the neighborhood.
But when l can hardly get enough for my
self, how can help Others ~
The little fish complained that he had
neither time nor talents nor opportunity
of doing good; he was SO insignificant
that he had no influence; and, moreover
he had to get food for himself, and take
care that he was not made food for others
If he were only as large and as strong as Q
whale, he might be useful.
The sheep declared that as he had nc
horns to defend himself, it was absurd o
his thinking to do anything for Others; hi
hoped his neighbor, the goat, would appl.
the sermon to himself.
Thus each excused himself; and on tn
whole, the sole result of the discourse s.
much applauded was to convince eacl
that himself was the most unfortunate.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-03
imported Birds,

Within the past few years the demand
for fancy plumage and singing birds in
this country has increased 50 rapidly that
almost every German steamer now arriving
at New York brings over several hundred
birds in fact, the business of importing
birds has assumed such large proportions
that one of the largest bird houses in New
York has four men constantly going to and
from Europe to take care of their birds on
the passage over. Special small fine cages
just large enough for one bird are provid-
ed, and these are all connected together,
and suspended from the ceiling of state
room in order to economize space. The
closest attention has to be paid to the
birds on the passage over, as many die in
transit. Large sums of money are annual
ly spent in the purchase of trained singing
birds, whose musical education involves
considerable time and much patience, all
OF which is liable to he lost by very slight
negligence. 1t is estimated that during
last year alone there were over one hun
bred thousand birds imported into the
United States, of which number about
eighty thousand were German canaries.-
When the Deutschland went down 1900
or 1000 canaries were among the saved
In addition to the canaries large num-
Der of the finch family, together with gray
and brown linnets, starlings, English and
German sparows, parrots, Australian par
oquets, thrush, nightingale and skylarks
were also imported. The prices of the
birds range from 81 to as high as 5000,
being regulated entirely by the amount of
training received or by the richness of
plumage. The German male canary, which
pipes Il tune, is valued at from $25 to $50;
the bullfnch that pipes one, about $50,
that pipes two tunes about $40, and that
pipes three tunes, 800; the blackbird,
with one tune, about $40; the goldfnch,
$40; choice skylarks, SIS starlings that
pipe one tune, $40 choice thrush, $25;
Australian paroquets, SIS; gray talking
parrots, $50; and talking and singing par
rots, 800; choice nightingales, SEQ
Trained hooking birds are worth about
$50, and learned ones, which whistle an
operate air perfectly, bring from 800 to
SOON Y. World.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-03
Jugglers at Madras.

First Madhar Sahib squatted down be-
fore the Prince of Wales and put down a
carpet about the size of those in which a
lady would carry Berlin wool. 1t was
empty of course. Madhar Sahib was al
most undressed-his arms were quite bare.
He turned his basket down and chatted at
it-then turned it over, and 10 there was
an egg on the carpet which was handed
round to be looked ut. Then he put the
basket over the egg and chatted at it
again. turned it over and 10 !! out walked
pretty pigeon, so tame that it let itself
be caught by the hand.
Next Madhar produced another from
beneath the basket, and then placed it un-
der the basket-any one could see that the
latter was thin frail composition without
cover or false bottom. Then after incan-
tations, he raised the basket, and out strut
ted the first pigeon, and another exactly
like it, and went pouting over to the spec
tators.
Other things did Madhar Sahib, but
none so striking, for peas under thimble
have before now exercised the finest intel
lects and bafiled the greatest intelligence
in England.
Poolee, who came next, ] think, was q
performer of extraordinary merit. After
some tricks of no great novelty, but exc
cutcd with great neatness, he converted
himself into magazine of horrors; took
live scorpions, which he handled with i'm
punity out of his mouth spat out stones
as large as plums, one after another, or
showed them between his lips and swal-
lowed them; then evolved from depths
unknown, carpenters shop, full of nails,
large and small, and coils of string, until
there was pile of his products before
the Prince DR.. Russell to tie London
Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-03-03

Perley OF the Boston Journal, tells the
| following story of an incident which &C.
cnrred while the corpse of distinguished
citizen of the old Bay State was on its last
journey homeward, quite number ofyears
ago:
"There was an unusually large delega-
ton of Congressman as an escort, together
with the usual staff of officers and cores
pondents. 1t was warm, early spring
day, and when the train stopped for few
moments at Magnolia Station, just beyond
Baltimore, one of the House clerks, noted
for his bibulous propensities, was delight
ed at finding a negro boy on the platform,
with bundle Of fresh mint, which was
Immediately purchased. When the train
started, the owner of the fragrant tlavoring
herb at once began to concoct whisky ju-
leps; but, although there was no lack of
Old Rye, there was no ice-that luxury
not having been introduced into the wa
ter tanks Of the cars. All at once M
exclaimed, II can get some ice in the bag
gage car" and went forward, to return
soon with some large Jumps of the cooling
material. He was greeted with welcom-
ing shout, and soon the ice was being rat
tied in the glasses from which the juleps
were approvingly drained, until II South
Carolina Representative, as if suddenly
struck between the eyes, exclaimed, 81 be-
lieve you took this ice from the box under
the coffin" There was dead silence; no
more juleps were drank; and at Havre de
Grace, M quietly left the car Had a
pledge never to drink any more whisky
juleps been then and there presented, it
would have received numerous signatures"