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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
Pitching Twenty. Dollar Gold Pieces

While the dispute was i'll progress, Jim
Orndorff and Joe Stewart set up couple
of pegs in the ground and began to pitch
half dollars. A crowd gathered about
the pegs, and the pitching was so abomin-
ably bad that half a dozen more took a
hand in by the kind permission of James
develop some excellent pitching, and
raked in the pots alternately, to the sur
prise of about a dozen men who entered
the game under the impression that they
had something soft. All interest in the
race was now lest, and each pitch was
hailed with shout of derision or burst
of applause. The way the tive original
pitchers began to gather in harvest of
silver was caution. Finally il was sug-
Rested that they pitch $40 pieces, and
this change Of programme had thin
ming effect on the pitchers. A number
of solid men now came to the front, and
gradually pretty stiff game developed,
beginning at So. 80 pitch and gradually
crawling up to $40. Only one pot Of
this kind, however, was played. Half q
dozen twenties had been landed within
radius of six inches of the peg when
Joe Stewart, who had retired on his
laurels, was asked if he wanted any of
it. After taking careful survey of the
chances, which were desperate, he drew
twenty from his pocket, and, with q
calculating eye, pitched it square up
against the peg. There was wild hur.
rah, and OF course Joe, with his pro-
verbal generosity treated the crowd
Virginia City Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
The CONSUMPTION Of Lead.

SAYS the San Francisco Bulletin ::
The United States consumes sixty thou
sand tons of lead every year. Every
pouxd of this can be produced at home.
And yet, with bounty of two cents q
pound in the shape OF protection, we
last year imported eeven thousand tons
of I'D; producing at the same time fifty
three thousand tons. Two countries
only, Spain and Great Britain, are pro-
ducing more lead than the United States.
1t would only require slight increase
of lead to give us surplus for export;
nor can any limit be placed on future
production. We do not need any pro-
lection Lead can be produced in this
country as cheaply as in any ether.
Lead has become an incident of silver
mining everywhere west of the Rocky
mountains. Argentiferous galena Is
found everywhere. A few years ago the
miner did not know what to do with his
base metal. Now he wants nothing bet
ter than to find that his silver mine is
carrying a large proportion of lead. The
day is not far distant when fifty thou
sand tons of lead will be annually
shipped from the port of San Francisco
to Europe. And this will be done with
out the aid of bounties III the shape Of
protection. Lead will be parted from
SILVER, and both products will be sold i'll
the market The consumption of lead
in the civilized world is enormous, and
it is increasing rapidly. The cheaper it
becomes the more general will be its
nSp.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
How to Keep Bouquets Fresb.

There art various recipes for keeping
bouquets fresh. Some people stick
them in moist sand; others, again, use a
few drops of ammonia. My rule is, to
cool the fo,06rs thoroughly ut night.
When the long day of furnace-heat has
made the roses droop and their stems
limp and lifeless, clip them little,
and set them to float in a marble basin
full of very cold water. In the morning
they come out made over into crisp
beauty, as fresh and blooming as if just
gathered. All flowers, however, will
not stand this water-cure. Heliotrope
blackens and falls to pieces under IT.;
azaleas drop from their stems, and
mignonette soaks away its fragrance.
For these use dry, cold air 1 wrap
them in cotton wool, and set them on a
shelf in the ice chest |. can almost
hear you laugh, but really 1 am not
joking. Flowers thus treated keep per-
fectly for week with me, and often
longer.-S c., IN 81. Nicholas for No
3e1nbpr
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

ny JOHN Q. WHITTIER

God called the nearest angels who dwell with Him
The tenderest one WAS Pity, the dearest one was
Love.
" Arise he said, " my angels! wall Of woe and
steals through the gates OF heaven, and saddens,.
within.
{" My harps take up the mournful strain that from
a lost world swells.
The smoke Of torment clouds the light and blghts
the asphodels.
"Fly downward to that under world, and on its
Let Love drop smiles Like sunshine, and Pity tears
like rain."
golden hair;
Four white wings lessened swiftly down the dark
abyss Of air.
The way was strange, the night was long; at last
the angels came
Where swung the lost and neither world, red
wrapped In rayless name.
There Pity shuddering, wept but Love, with faith
Took heart from Gods alnlg htiness and smiled
smile Of cheer.
And 10 tina. tear of Pity quenched the fame where
And, with the sunshine of that smile, Hope entered
into hell!
Two unvaed faces full OF Joy looked upward to the
throne,
Four white wings folded al the feet of Him who sat
thereon.
And deeper than the sound Of seas, more soft than
falling nske,
Amidst the hush Of wing and song the Voice Eter-
nal spaks:
Welcome my angels! ye have brought holier
Joy TO heaven;
Henceforth its sweetest song shall be the song of
sin forgivenW
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
Diving for Drink.

One of the hottest regions of the earth
is along the Persian Gulf, where little or
no rain falls. At Barhin the arid shore
has no fresh water, yet comparatively
numerous population contrives to exist
there, thanks to copious springs which
burst forth from the bottom OF tine sea.
The fresh water is got by diving. The
diver, sitting in his boat, winds great
goatskin bag around his left arm, the
hand grasping its mouth; then he takes
in his right hand heavy stone, to which
is attached strong line, and tous
equipped he plunges in and quickly
reaches the bottom. Instantly opening
the bag over the strong jet of fresh wa
ter, he springs up in the ascending cur
rent, at the same time closing the bag,
and is helped aboard. The stone is then
hauled mp, and the diver, after taking
breath, plunges again. The source Oh
these copious submarine springs is
thought to be in the green hills of Oman
some 500 or 600 miles distant.-Neu
Hdcen Register.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
Merclless Turks.

The diabolical cruelty of the Turks is
once more illuskated in statement laid
before the great powers by the Patriarch of
Constantinople. Heretofore the reports
of these cruelties have come from the
Turkish provinces in Europe, but now
the same horrible story is repeated from
Armenia, on the trans Caucasian side.
The Armenians were once q nation of
100000 people, but now they have
dwindled down to 2,500,00O Their ter
ritory, like Poland, has been partitioned
among several states-the empires of
Turkey and Russia and the Kingdom of
Persia. They are an intelligent, thrifty
and laborious people. The Russian and
Persian Armenians are we'll treated and
make no complaints. The protests only
come from the Turkish victims. The
Patriarch of Constantinople says:
"The Porte directs her Wallis, Mutes-
sariffs, and other rulers, to keep the
Christians in state of absolute depend.
ence and of marked inferiority to the
Mussrilman element, so az to place the
two races in perpetual antagonism, and,
by booming both to misery and want,
stiAe among them those aspirations to
freedom which can only spriag from the
development of material well-being."
He reckens that 5000, 900 of Govern
ment officials, with their families and
dependents, live upon the industrial
classes. They are not allowed to 60 into
the army. Their evidence is not taken
in the courts. Their converts are plum
dered. Their woman arc violated and
girls abducted. Their priests are muir
dered. Nine hundred cases of murder
and other outrages have been referred
by the Patriarchate to the Government
within few years, and not one of them
has ever been examined. a correspond
ent of the London Times, who had
talked with some OF the more intelligent
Armenians in Constantinople, reports
them rs saying that if autonomy is in
exorably denied, if the evils they have
so long submitted TO are in no way to
aba:e, the abuses not to be reformed and
the grievances not to be redressed, they
could not help looking either to the Rus
slams or to any other invaders as their
best friends and deliverers. Perhaps
the presence of large Russian army in
the vicinity of Armenia may have some
thing to do with the removal of their
troubles.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
MR. SOMMERBECK,s DOG.

CT do love n dog, said Dir. Sommcr-
beck, the owner Of the big yellow brick
house on Spring street, out on North
hill. MANS faithful friend always
devoted to his master; always vigilant
in bic protection untiring in his efforts
TO please, dccile under discipline, for
giving in his disposition, kind and faith
ful-n.nn does not half appreciate him
nor understand him. / have bought a
dog, one that viii in his infantile days
be a source OF uncessing mirth to rs all
ny his innocent gambols, and, as age
develops his eterner qualities, will be q
faithful, vigilant guardian Of our sleep.
ing hours. Let us love him and deal
with him gently and tenderly. and his
very life will be devoted to orr service.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
MOTHER TONGUE.
How the Presidents English is Murdered
at Washington.

How the Presidents English is Murdered
at Washington.
tOor. Louisville Courier-Jouinal.
There are not a few foreigners among
those who wish to see all that Wash
ington has to offer. An English
man who was stopping at tho Ebbitt
House started out for q walk, aud after
visiting the treasury asked to be shown
the Presidents residence. The White
House was pointed out to him. Then
he inquired, "Does the President see
strangers 7" "Oh, yes; he sees every
body" els he at home now9" in
quired the Englishman. "Damfino,"
was the reply. Somewhat puzzled, the
Englishman left, but, before entering
the Executive Mansion, he thought 1t
would be little awkward to introduce
himself, and concluded that it would be
best to have Sir Edward Thornton pre-
sent him. He stopped the first man he
met and asked, "Do you know the
British Minister 7" "Oh, yes, said the
man, 81 know him very we'll / see
him down here every evening in his
shirt-sleeves playing base ball" Can
yen tell me where he lives 2" Dam
fino." was the curt reply, and the Eng
lishman felt satisfied that he was mis-
taken when he supposed that Americans
spoke the English language. AS he
had an acquaintance at the hotel, he
thought he had better seek On cxplana-
ton of word that though inexplioable
to him seemed to be in such general use
and so full of meaning as to settle every
inquiry, and leave 10 room for rejoin-
der. With blush of shame at knowl-
edge of his ignorance, he went to his
friend and said: I" In England We have
different dialects, and it is hard to under
stand some of our countrymen. Will
you be kind enough to tell me the mean
ing of Damfno =" His bewilderment
was increased when the answer to his
question came" Damfno." The be-
logged Englishman has left the city and
gone where he hopes never again to hear
that common but unintelligible word,
"Damfno.
Many years ago Polish gentleman
was visiting this city, and anxious to
acquire our language. One of the
phrases used sadly puzzled him-Ter-
factervitis. DR.. Pyne was rector of st.
Johns Church at that time, and, as the
Pole knew him to be man of great
erudition, he went to him and said: "I
have looked in the dictionaries and en-
cyclopedias and can't find tho word
Teffactervitis;' what does it signif-~ q"
DIR. Pyne proved his erudition by dis
covering that he had run all together the
mueh-used expression, 1.-The fact of it
is" We must mend our speech or we
will have to be taught our language
through foreigners who speak it accu-
rately, though broken by accent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

Women Faro-Deslers-A Place Where
People Don't Wash. ,,ff.-

People Don't Wash. -,ff.-
[Deadwood Cor. New York snn.l
Deadwood City is located in ravine,
about six miles long, ana not wide
enough TO allow of more that one street.
Great, towering hills, covered with thick,
heavy timber and immense boulders
rise on each side. Whitewood and Dead
wood creeks here unite and form a
stream which flows on to the Big Chey-
enne.
was not surprised or disappointed to
find the houses but mere shenties, or,
at the best, huge log cabins with canvas
ceilings. Although the oity Is less than
year old, it has complete and efficient
municipal government, with Mayor
Farnham at its head, Board Of Alder
men, civil and criminal officers, news
paper, hotels, stores, blacksmith shops,
restaurants, doctors, priests, and under
takers. business of all kinds Is over
done, and, as a result, competition is OF
the hvehest kind.
Only a minority of the inhabitants
shave; fewer still wash; long hair reach
ing TO the shoulder; face we'll masked
with beard, the exposed parts coated
WAeii uhey ~ III W huuhCl ohiib Va uhSoA
tain color, possibly pair of soldier
trousers held to the hips by the pistol
belt. and tucked into u. pair of long
legged, hard leather boots, and some
part of hat makes up the average in.
habitant. The hat, it is to be presumed,
falls OFF occasionally, and such acct. ental
removal is what the citizen of the Hills
understands as undressing.
The chief attraction Of the city is
gambling. Faro is the principal game,
although you can hazard your dust on
rondo, vingtun, rouge ct noir, casino
California Jack, eucher, roulette, keno
or the strap trick. The play is invaria
bly, for dust. Do you lose, you toss
your little buckskin bag to the dealer
who produces delicate pair of scales,
and after weighing out the stake throws
back the rest. Twenty dollars per ounce
is the uniform value allowed for dust
Another feature of the play is the pres
ence of female dealers. / saw several il
the city, and their expert manner Of
handling the cards could not be sur
passed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
Married in the Penitentiary.

A marriage recently took place in Sing
Sing prison, between a convict and a
young woman to whom he was engaged
at the time of his conviction and i'm
prisonment. he was sentenced for two
years for grand larceny, but "his girl /"
remained true to him spite of his short
comings, and Barkis" was willing.
So they were married in the Office of the
Superintendent of the prison, and after
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

How DANCERS are chosen-By ballet.
WAIST of time-The middle of an
hour glass.
YE savage Turk, with bloody dirk,
All, beware
For there is work ye can not shirk-
J. the air.
"I'M a man of very quiet tastes" said
he as he went behind the door and
tested something. -Neao York Graphic.
A WAC suggested that a suitable open
ing for many choirs would be: so
Lord, have mercy on us miserable sing
ers.
A TALL man having rallied friend on
the shortness of his legs, the friend re-
piled "My legs reach the ground
what more can yours do?
A MAN must be pretty drunk to go
along the streets holding to his coat col
lar with both hands to prevent falling
down. Rochester Democrat.
Ir was man who had been reading
the Battle of Hohenlinden that went
into restaurant and ordered the waiter
to bring him "a nicer roll in, rapidly"
IT is said that when Salvini plays
"Sampson," he "orines down the
house." This is probably because he
plays it with the full strength of the
company.
AT the Winchester Sessions in Eng
land four men were indicted for stealing
beans. A gentleman asked another,
"Wbat have they been doing2 "Been
stealing" was the answer.
A PROFESSOR was expostulating with q
student for his idleness, when the latter
said, "It's of no use; was cut out for
loafer." "Well," declared the professor,
surveying the student critically, "who-
ever cut you out understood his bust
ness"
"YoU are entirely welcome" said a
man, as he yielded his seat in horse
car to young woman. She looked
puzzled, and 80 did the listening passen-
gers. Entirely welcome, entirely so, >"
he reiterated. 81 didn't hear your
thanks, but you are just as welcome for
all that"
A KANSAS orator talks in this strain /:
"Where is Europe with America No
whar ! Where is Great Britain No
whar! They call Britain the mistress
Of the sea, but what makes the sea
The Mississippi river makes it, and all
we've get to do is to turn the Missis-
sippi river into the Mammoth cave, and
the British navy will be laundering in
the mud"
AT 6 o'clock yesterday morning a
tramp, who had found q bed beside q
fence on Parsons street, opened his eyes
on the first frost. He rose up stiff, lame
and nearly frozen, shook himself over
the gutter, shivered all over and growled
out: Froze up, has it Well, now, if
I'm an interested party, and / guess I
am, this thing has got to stop right here
or I'm going to leave the blasted coun-
try and go to Florida Boob Ugh I"
Free Press.
AN old gentleman went out to shoot
cartridges, accompanied by his son.
The gun was charged halfway up to the
muzzle, and when ut last the old gentle
man started some birds he took rest
and blazed away, expecting to see some
fall, of course but not 40 did it hap
pen, for the gun recoiled with so much
force as TO "kick" him over. The old
man got up, and while rubbing the
sparks ont of his eyes, inquired OF his
son, "Dick, did point the right end
of the gun to the birds2'
FROM the Enening Telegram We
have received a teothsome bill of fare
designed especially for the dentists, and
we hasten to publish it. Every one of
the craft will find it very filling for the
price
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
THE Christian Lender On. W, in

The Christian Lender On. ", in
speaking Of Merchants Gargling Oil,
says: "Mr. Hodge is a gentleman of
liberal tastes and excellent Judgment,
and the Gargling Oil Company, under
his thoroughly judicious direction, has
become one OF the strongest and sound
est concerns that grace the commercial
annals OF our State. Other medicinal
specialties, in addition to the Gargling
Oil, are beginning to claim the Com
pany's attention, and Of their great sue
cess we have as little doubt as we have
OF their intrinsic merit"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

BY DR. c. !. GARDErrE.

Farmer Hodge looked up with gloomy eye
7. 70 tue eload,ess blue Of the summer sky;
= Az 20 prayin' for rain, !" said he s'I1l stop;
Here's weeks aud weeks aud never drop,
Or lea-tNay6 only sprinkle or two
And what sort o. good does a sprinkle do
To pastur' burnt as dry as a chipl
You wouldn't put just drop on the lip
OF rnau a-dying of thirst, unless
You d-dnt know how to get more, guess.
II we don't haye good, nard soaking rain
must starye the cattle or feed EN- grain;
And where lie the chance, I'd like to know,
With sky like that2 I'm farming here
Man aud boy, for more nor forty year,
And drouth like this now. l never sec;
But | tell you, sir, 'twxt you and me,
That Providence, measurin' out its strokes,
Is specs6t hard on us farmer folksi"
i fet that to argue then vain,
For the earth seemed sotey ia need Of rain.
But the wind veered rouud midnigls passed
And gathered a clOud-hOst black and vast,
And hung from its bosom, with a sound,
Ahfe-saviug food on the thirsty ground.
Steadily down till the morn was gray;
Steadily still through the long, dark day;
Steadily on through the night again
Fell on the sod the freshening rain.
On the second morn, when the aly was fair,
And myriad perfumes filled the air,
And cool, fresh breeze came over the hill,
Aud the iong-parched soil had drunk its fill
Lo upon Farmer Hodges brow
Was gloom that could not fathom now,
Till he said, with growl ~ told you so
It never rains but il pours, you know;
A driz2 G, now, wouldn't have come amiss,
But where was the good of drench like this?"
- But soaking rain would alone do good,
You said AYE, rain, but not food !"
Yor are hard to please, 1t seems to me-"
Hard TO please y in al injured tone cried he,
(" More nor forty years I've worked this farm,
And never done Providence no haun
But, winter or summer, dry wet
never had weather to suit me yeti"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

The Roadway made by the temperance
cause is shown by the care taken in
some OF the cities not to have places of
registration and elections fixed Mt sa-
looms, as had often been done hereto
fore.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

the ceremony they lovingly embraced.
and the convict groom placed gold
ring on the finger OF his bride. They
are both from wealthy families it Is said.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03

The hodges OF life are not all found
Sowers and reapers aud tillers OF ground,
For the leaven OF discomfort alas!
Runs more or less thr- ugh the hum an mass,
And the lesson they teach, since the race began,
] 3, that Providence hath no meaner plan
4 nau the universal good of man,
And that Gods great Justice would soon be lost
If He favored one at anothers cost
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-03
Wit and HumOr.

How DANCERS are chosen-By ballet.
WAIST of time-The middle of an
I, a,loco
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16
Success ilt 1dCerfising.

In times past it was thought immodest to
prOclaim the excellence OF ones goods OF to
so liclt patronage for them in new spapers.
During the ast twenty-five years through
the immense competition in trade, II has be-
come necessity. The public are always
anxious to learn OF progress but are equally
desrous to avoid all frauds, as they have
become skeptical of an article possessing
genuine merit. and are particularly preju-
diced against sterling announcements OF
some new and wonderful medine without
character or worth. Still the public are
grateful to manufacturers or inventors OF ar
ticles of merit, even il known as medicines;
many of them are the result of years of care.
fhl study by our most eminent chemists ana
physicians, and embrace such principles and
productions as Quinine, Chloroform, Chloral
Hydrate, Porous plasters, &C.
Success in advertising depends much upon
the intrinsic worth OF the article it.elf even
though it be a medical preparation. AS an
evidence OF this, celebrated physician of
New York made great Improvement in Por-
Gus Plasters by adding CAPCINE on account
of its giving increased effect and quicker re.
lief and cure than any known medicical
property; he hesitated about advertising,
fearing his reputation would be injured. A
firm OF Pharmaceutical Chemists in his city
learning of this decided Improvement. made
an arrangement with this physician and COM
menced advertising in the best newspapers
in short time the aale increased from hun
dreds to thousands until now the sale oi
BRNsoNs CAPCINE PLAsTERs is exceedingly
large and daily increasing. They can be OBJ
tanned OF any Druggist az % cents each.
SEABURY q JOHNSON,
Agents, n. Y.
AsrFor sale IN Wilmington by Il. Bring
hurst ~ Co., 9Th and Market and L. Mcinall
I'd and Market lanl9eod&W-lm
febl9-lm