The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-15

Never write with pen or ink. Ii 10 altoge'ner
too plain. an1 doesn't hold the mind OF the
editor and printers closely enough 10 their
work.
Hyou are compelled to use ink, never use
that vugarity known % the biotting-pad' Ii
YOU drop blot OF INK on the paper, lick 1t OF.
The intelligent compositor loves nothing 30
dearly as 10 read through the smear this will
make across twenty or thirty words. We have
seen him hang over such piece Of copy half an
hour. swearing like pirate all the time, he
felt that good
Don't Try to write too plainly. 1t is q sign
of plebisn origin and publc-sehool breeding.
Poor writing Is an indication OF genius. 1t is
about the only indication OF genius that q
great many men possess. Sprawl your arti-
cles with your eyes shut. and make every word
~ illegible as you can. We get the same price
for it from the rag-man ~ though 1t were
covered with copper-plate sentences.
Avoid all painstahlng with proper names.
We know the full name or every man, woman,
and child IN the United States, and the merest
hint OF the namo is sufficient. It is great
mistake that proper names should bs written
plainly.
Always write on ,th sides OF the paper, and,
when you have filled both sides Of every page,
trail a line up and down every margln and back
to the top Of the first page, closing your article
by writing the signature just above the date.
How We do love to get hold OF articles wrltteR
in this stylel And how we would like to get
hold Of the man who sends them! Just for
ta,, tn, tha
c.nnon in our hip pocket
The London papers speak in terms Of ad-
mlratlon Of the work accomplished by Miss
Ssllon, the founder Of the sisterhoods IN the
English Established Church. She had for years
been the LADY Superior OF the eonventusl in
stitutien at Plymouth and Davenport. The
vows taken by her novices were net. however,
irrevooable. During the Crmsan war Miss Sell
Ion sent company OF nurses to the aid OF MISS
Nightingale. The London Times says Of her
a" In the virulsnt epidemics Of cholera and
in London In 1858 and 1871 the nurs-
ing work was taken up by the Devonport Sister
hood, and temporary hospitals were initiated
and personally carried on by Miss
SeIlon, and the good effected under Providence
will ever remain as q record Of what may be
done by a woman's properly directed energy,
devotion, and good judgment" In her early |
days this devoted friend OF her sex studied the
art Of printing, and led the way in training |
women to be practical printers.
Says a lady correspondent Of the Christian |
u Mon: ~ was born in the Republic; but |
Tom, Dick and Harry are born in foreign |
and, and after few years il they do not make |
the laws am expected to obey they vote for |
We, as a nation, have doHed the divine rights |
Of kings, have successfully combated the divine |
right of slavery, and there Ii only one more
divine right to be overcome, and that is-shall |
say 1t the OWNS right OF men. A distinction
based solely on sex is as unjust as distinction
based upon color or any circumstances OF birth
No class would be obliged to vote if all had the
privilege Of voting"
The sly young lady who, short while ago,
returned home from q sleigh-ride and explained
% her mother that her hat got awfully bent
While going through deep snow-dnft. has in
rented a new excuse for the mussed condition
II her head gear upon returning home from
carriage ride with her young man: She attrib-
ties it to the overhangpg branches along the
Dad. Her mother smiles knowingly and keeps
ilent.- Norristown Herald.
Miss Kate Field must DO the busiest woman
n the world. She has permanent position on
he staff OF the London Examiner. leading
liberal weekly, is contributor to the Hornet
las written a play for Herman VEIN and q
blank verse poem-her first sttempt-which
las been warmly praised. Besides all this, abe
g fulfilling an important theatrical engagement
4 London.
One OF the ST Louis judges is about to have
commission de tunatico inQuirendo Issued IN
is own behalf. He recently sentenced law
er OF bis court to two years imprisonment for
20 trivial offense Of enbezzling $4,000 in
rusted to him by q widow, and his friends
cry justly entertain doubts OF his sanity.
The jollfest part OF Western newspaper life
J to have fifty people day como into the Office
nd call out: "Why IN blaxes don't you publish
he railroad timetables 2" Then the editor ,
mildly replies that the railroads don't believe
pays, and the fifty people continue: 1.-The
it don't Detroit Free Press.
little school girl Of Ann Arbor, who took
or the subject Of her composition "Ann Arbor ,
nd its inhabitants" says: "Most Of the i
eople teach in either the union or ward
chools, or the university, those who don't arc
hieay widow women. who take boarders for
wing"
He had been Ia the habit Of making frequent
slls on very agreeable lady of bis acquaint- {
nee, AMI on entering her parlor, he said -
Well, Miss Sims, here l am again, you see
8 regularly as the fever and agus." "Oh,
o. said she, very demurely, that comes
My every other day."
AT lyceum. recently. il was proposed to dis I
uss the following resolution Resolved. That J
Tomeu who pay a tax on one thousand dollars !,
hould have right to vote. Thoughtful lad
rho hoard the resolution read, turaed to bis
mother and asked, "Do no men vote except
bose who pay tax on thousand dollars 2"