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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29

bright colors and ones taste may be gratiied
by the contrast of stripes But TO those who wish
To do things IN the cheapest way, will say that
coarse factory yarn, doubled and loosely twist
ed makes an excellent warp and can be dyed at
home Every farmers wife knows the virtues
of maple bark set with copperas for dyeing
purple or slate, also of copperas-dyed cotton
thread, set by dipping in I've of wood ashes.
These are, think, the cheapest and easiest
dyes for cotton. Pretty they are not-but
am writing for those who prefer comfort to APP
pearance.
Perhaps some do not know that an apronful
of peach leaves boiled in water will make
yellow dye for cotton (which will wash out,
however), and the said decocton of peach
leaves, with the addition of some of the above
mentioned I've from wood ashes, will dye ,ooOi
good bottle-green, which can't be washed out
at all. am speaking of strictly domestic dyes
which are almost of no cost There are, how
ever, many experienced old ladies who are only
too happy to instruct less-informed matrons in
the more elaborate arts of dying. have cut
trimmed and tackled, at odd times, the rags or
filling for 100 yards of nice rag carpetng, with
out ever feeling the work burdensome. And
now that my boys have grown up and gone off
into the world, l have no longer the old clothes
to cut up nor do / need to exercise such close
economy, still, recommend it to others who
are in the morning OF life, as il WERE and who
wish to be industrious and economical
Mpe g
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HOME INTERESTS.
The Thanksgiving Pudding.

AIR-"Jcannette and JeannOt."
II you wish 10 make the pudding In which every
one delights, .
OF a dozen new-laid eggs you must take the yeiks
and whites;
Beat them well up in a basin till they thoroughly
combine,
And shred and chop some suet up particularly fine;
Take pound Of ell-stoned raisins, and pound of
currants dried,
pound of pounded sugar, and pound of peel be-
side;
Stir them all well up together with pound of
wheaton -four.
And let them stand to settle for quarter of an
hour;
Then tie the pudding in a cloth, and put ii in the
pot 9.
Some people like the water cold, and some prefer 1t
hot;
But. though don't know which of these two meth
dds should praise,
know il ought TO boil an hour for every pound II
weighs.
Oh! if / were Queen of England, or the Pope of
Rome, -
I'd have Thanksgiving pudding every day dined
at home;
And as for other puddings whatever they may be-
Why those who like the nasty things, should eat
them all for me-
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Horticulture.
CULTURE OF THE TUDERosE.


As have quite a number of inquiries about
he management of this deservedly popular
flower. l am induced to give the public
the benefit of my experience. had sup
posed that nearly everybody knew all about
the tuberose, but il seems many persons know
little more about il than that IL Is beautiful
plant and delightfully."- fragrant. Some OF my
readers who are conversant with the bulD and
its management may think these remarks dry
and useless. / write this for the benefit of
those who have not been so successful In grow
ing and Towering this bulb.
II does not seem generally known that bulbs
which have doomed once will not flower again,
nor that the offsets will not bloom the first
son after being separated from the parent bulb
To give my method, | will commence with some
offsets taken from the parent bulb, which should
be planted out in the latter part of May, first
preparing the ground by deep spading and EN-
riching with liberal dressing of well-decayed
manure: then plant your bulbs III rows twelve
inches apart and six inches apart in the row,
setting them two or three inches deep Keep
the ground at all times free from weeds,
and well stirred by the use OF hoe.
After the frost has cut down the tops, which
usually occurs in October, the bulbs should be
lifted and left in the sun q day or two 10 dry,
being careful to protect from frost at night
When thoroughly dried they should be cleaned,
removing the leaves and allowing two or three
inches of the stalk to remain; then store IN a
,oa1nl closet until wanted for planting. Just
before planting again, remove all the offsets,
and if needed, start at the proper time in order
to have bulbs for Towering the following year
The bulbs for Towering may be started at al
most any time, and florists plant them every
two weeks 10 have succession OF bloom n
good way to start them, for those who have
neither greenhouse nor hot-bed, is thus de
scribed by correspondent 81 plant in old
tomato cans. without punching holes for drain
age; set them on the mantle over the kitchen
range, and keep warm and wet" Remember
the tuberose is native of a warm climate, and
must have plenty of heat and moisture for its
full development With plenty of heat you
cannot get too much moisture, but you can
easily get too much moisture, which will cause
the bulbs to rot, when you have not the neces-
sary heat.
The question is often asked "What is the
best vine for house culture?" Maurandia may
not be the best, but there is certainly nothing
better. 1t is easily grown from seed, which
should be sown in rich light soil. 1t will climb
rapidly on a string or anything to which it can
cling. 1t is well adapted to window gardening
RENNIE.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

1t is announced that the work of re-
deeming legal tenders in coin on and after Jan.
1, 1S79 will be confined to the New York sub
treasury alone, and will not be undertaken at
the various Western and Southern sub-treasu-
ries
Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Gibbon, in
their annual reports to the General of the
Army, made some serious charges against the
efficiency and integrity of the Indian service,
as administered by the Interior Department
Secretary Schurz has taken notice of these
charges so far as to indite sharp letter
to the War Department defending the Indian
Office against what he terms the unjust attacks
of Sheridan and Gibbon. He calls upon these
officers to make good their charges by specific
proof-failing TO do which, he suggests that
they would do well TO hold their peace.
The $5,500,000 due England on ac-
count of the Halifax award was paid on the 2ist
inst
Another call for So, 900, 900 per cents.
is made, making the total called for redemption
this year 100000
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An Editor Sketches Bismarck.

An American journalist, Col. Forney,
who has conversed with the great Ger
man statesman, says that Bismarck is a
most fascinating person. Such is the
charm of his conversation and manner
that, when he chooses to unbend, few
persons can resist the influence of his
magnetism. The journalist thus sketches
the Chancellor:
In his own house he yields unresist-
ingly to domestic influences. But he is
eminently public character. Never
conspicuous in the streets, for obvious
reasons, and less so now than ever, he
dominates the whole empire.
He hates praise, and resents censure
He is law unto himself and Others
While the great European Congress,
called by himself, sat in Berlin, he was
its master and its President. He asked
little for Germany, but he parceled out
the spoils to others. He so became the
arbiter of Europe, as he is to-day the
dictator of Germany.
All German parties admit that he has
rendered incredible services to his
country; but nobody knows it better
than himself. He is fatalist, and nat
urally asserts by his acts, if not by his
words, his supreme infallibility.
But he does not try to be cautious in
his language. He is candor itself-often
to the verge of insolence; and there is
hardly day that he does not speak
scornfully of some of the characters in
the recent European Congress, and of
living and dead European statesmen.
Such man might have figured in the
feudal era. He is the anachronism of
this age of progress. Acted on the
stage twenty years ago, he would have
been regarded as another Charles the
Bold or Duke of Alva.
AS real person, it is simple ques
ton of time, unless he moderates his
policy, whether he will fall by the bullet
or the bowl. He is the man of destiny,
and evidently accepts his mission and
knows his danger.
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Rules for Spelling a Child.

l. Begin young by giving him what
ever he cries for.
2. Talk freely before the child about
his smartness as incompatible.
3. Tell him that he is too much fol
you, that you can do nothing with him
4. Have divided counsels, as between
father and mother.
5. Let him learn to regard his father
as creature of unlimited power, capri
cious and tyrannical; or as mere whip
ping machine.
6. Let him learn (from his fathers
example) to despise his mother.
7. Do not know or care who his com
panions may be.
8. Let him read whatever he likes.
8. Let the child, whether boy or girl
rove the streets in the evening" good
school for both sexes.
TO- Devote yourself to making money,
remembering always that wealth is a
better legacy for your child than prin-
ciples in the heart and habits i'll the
life; and let him have plenty of money
to spend.
II. Be not with him in the hours of
recreation.
II. Strain at gnat and swallow a
camel; chastise severely for foible and
laugh at vice.
ID. Let him run about from church
to church. Eclecticism in religion is
the order of the day.
IA. Whatever burdens of virtuous re-
quirements you lay on his shoulders,
touch not one with one of yuur fingers.
The rules are not untried. Many
parents have proved them, with sub
stantial uniformity of results. If a
faithful observance of them does not
spoil your child, you will at least have
the comfortable reflection that you have
done what you could.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
Hint for Poor Folk.

Alpheus has been having long spell
of fever, and it was necessary to have
light burning all night in his room. We
live out in the country, so no gas was
accessible. Candles fickered disagree
ably, and a kerosene lamp, when turned
low, always had an annoying smell for
an invalid, so bethought of light my
mother used to improvise, when 1 was a
child, before kerosene, with its attend
ing danger, was known. 1t was made
by takinga saucer of lard, and cutting a
piece of newspaper in a circle about
three inches in diameter, then twisting
the center of this up to a point and
burying all but the tip in the lard. 1t
will burn all night-a shady, dim light
and in our case proved real comfort
Some of these homely facts are well
worth remembering Farmer
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

The Manchester paper mills, in
Duchess county, N. Y, have been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
Thomas HI. Power, of the firm of
Power Weightman, the great quinine manu-
facturers, has just died in Philadelphia. he
leaves an enormous fortune.
A New York dispatch states that Judge
Hilton offers reward of $4,000 for evidence
that will secure the arrest and conviction of the
five persons believed to have been engaged in
the robbery of the Stewart vault or he will pay
$4,000 for the arrest and conviction of any one
of them.
At Wilmington, Del, on Saturday
were publicly whipped, five being also
pilloried.
A fire at Rochester, last week, de-
stroyed SIZE, 900 worth of property.
South.
By decision of the Supreme Court
of Florida the Canvassing Board of Alachua
county have been commanded to count the re
turns of three precincts which they rejected.
These precincts give Bisbee, Republican, 45O
majority for Congress, and elect him by ma
jority of 200 over Hull, the Democratic candi-
date. The matter will be contested, of course,
before the House of Representatives.
There were fourteen deaths from yell
low fever in New Orleans for the week ending
Nov &c.
West.
A very heavy shock of earthquake ,
was felt throughout Southern Illinois and South
eastern Missouri, on the night of Nov. 10. The
wave extended as far south as Little Rock Ark.
A serious coal-mine explosion oc-
Cured near Sullivan, Ind, few days ago.
There we're thirty miners in the pit at the time
of the accident, seven of whom were taken out
dead and several others were so badly burned
that they can hardly recover.
The "coach from Deadwood" was
robbed by two bold highwaymen, near Fort
Fetterman, the other day.
Another Indian outbreak is threat
ened in Oregon
Judge Burns, of the indianapolis Cir
cult Court, has inflicted fine of $4,000 upon
one Warren Tate for contempt of court. Tate's
offense consisted of shooting man dead in the
room where Judge Burns was holding court,
and engaged in trying case wherein Tate and
his victim were the contestants
Shook & Palmer, of the New York
Union Square Theater, this week are presenting
atHaverly's Chicago Theater last seasons great
est success, GA Celebrated Case" with COM
pany and scenery from the Eastern metropolis
This drama is one of the most absorbing inter
est and most ingenious plot ever presented and
the cast embraces number of Eastern favor
tes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Evidence is coming out of wide
spread Internaticnalist conspiracy in Europe
indeed. against all the reigning mcnarchs.
There is great uneasiness in all the European
capitals Verify, "uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown"
War has been declared between Great
Britain and Afghanistan, and the Indian troops
are advancing upon the meer'sdOrninions.
The decline in wages In England
seems 10 be general, and affects nearly all kinds
of labor. cable dispatch says that "appall-
ing distress and destitution exist among the me-
chanics and laborers of Sheffield, in conse-
quenoe of the business depression" Public
meetings have been called to devise mean of re-
lief
A bloodless duel was fought near
PARIS, the other day, between M. Gambetta, the
distinguished French statesman, and M. de
Fourtou, a member of the Assembly. There
was one exchange of shots; weapons, pistols
distance, thirty-fve PAGES. Neither was hit
The first blood of the Afghan war was
shed on the 2lst of November, in contest for
the possession of Fort Ali Musjid, at the en-
assaulted and captured the fort after sharp
engagement, the garrison retreating to the other
end of the pass. The British lost 800 in killed
and wounded.
Austria and England are to have ex-
tra sessions of Parliament.
A cable dispatch reports the massacre
by Turks of $40 Bulgarians in Macedonian
village
The Greek question is believed to be
n a fair way of settlement.
Arrests continue in the centers Of
revolution and disaffection in Spain.
Gortschakoff, the Russian Prime Min
lister, has rendered his resignation.
There has been heavy gale and con-
siderable loss of life on the Spanish coast
The British columns threatening At
ghanistan are preparing to go into winter quar-
ters
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
Mother and Children.

This mornings mail brought with it news
which has filed my cup of happiness to over
flowing. "Mother is coming home" Oh!
what ioy. what happiness and what hope those
few words containl To see that sweet, loving
smile and hear that gentle voice again is, in
deed, news which makes our blood flow through
our veins with renewed vigor, and our hearts
to beat with Joy Oh. what gem is there of
more value than the precious mother? What
friend will stand by you during sickness and
trouble like her? Who will smooth the fevered
brow half so well as mother? All, no one
And think how little she is very often appreciat-
ed Oh, what reward for the noble, gener-
GUS deeds she has performed!
If we could only see the future before us,
and know of the years of suffering that lie in
wait for us, how differently we would act 20,
if we would only take heed" But, as II is, we
60 blindly ahead, needless of the dangers that
surround us until at last we fall into the
fathomless gulf. Then, and only then, do we
realize our position, and would fall on our
knees and beg forgiveness. But the cold, bitter
winds forever sigh, "Too late, too late" Then
is the time when every little cross word and
stubborn act comes, all! too plainly back to us.
When mother is miles away perhaps gone 10
that "home" where peace and rest can only be
found, and when you are grown men and
women with the cares of a house and family
bearing down upon your tender shoulders, then,
oh then, is the day you'll repent.
SO is it not better, dear children, to begin now,
before it is too late and try to check that strong
will and pouting ways? On, if you only knew
how happy it makes mamma to see her little
children looking happy and satisfied, you would
refrain from doing such naughty things; in
stead, be help to her; let her see that you try
to tighten her burdens, instead of being such
weight on her already overload. If little brother
or sister is sick, or any of your little neighbors,
take a peep in with piece of cake, or some
fruit: or If it is only bunch of wild flowers
it has its charm, for they seem to smile on you
and seem to sympathize with you by sending
forth their beautiful fragrance from the inner
most recesses of their velvety petals. The pain
leaves us while in their presence; they have
charm, power which holds us spellbound, and
we can think of naught but the weeping flowers
and of the little angels who brought them.
Theirs, indeed, will be a glorious future
What need is there of all these cross words!
They do no good. We only feel more ashamed
of ourselves after having said them SO, how
much better it is to suffer little inwardly, and
spare mamma the fearful blow which such
words infllct on her tender heart Try it. dear
children for your own future happiness, II not
for mamma But spare an "angel mother
from sorrow, is the constant prayer OF
GEoRGINA.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
The Right to a Secret Ballot.

The Legislature of Minnesota at its
last session, for the purpose of prevent
ing frauds in elections, enacted law
requiring that in cities when ballot
should be cast at any election, the
judges of the poll should indorse on its
back number which should correspond
with the number of the vote on the
poll-book. This act the District Court
of Ramsey county has pronounced
unconstitutional, as violative of the
right of the voter to cast secret ballot,
as the numbering of each ballot enables
any one so disposed to identify it and
discover by whom it was cast. That Sc
crecy is an essential Characteristic of
the ballot has been held in number of
cases; and a provision of law which re-
suits in destroying this would be clearly
invalid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
A Year OF Troubles.

An almanac maker in London pre-
diets that the year 1879 will dawn on
scenes of violence, bloodshed, accidents,
and explosions. In January there will
be strife and bloodshed in Spain; affairs
will go wrong in this country, and pub
lie disputes will be embittered; in En-
gland the imprisonment and disgrace OF
some great parsonage connected with
the Government may be looked for.
In February, Saturn and Mars will
combine to stir up trouble in Europe,
Mexico, and India. In March, many
deeds of vengeance will be perpetrated
in Russia; danger will Turk in the path
of the Emperor of Germany, March IL /;
great clerical scandal will be devel-
oped in England; there will be war and
famine in India and China, and in this
country discord between President and
people, trouble with the Indians, and re-
ligious disputes, leading to scenes OF
violence.
In April the religious world will be
greatly agitated. In May railway COM
panies will experience great adverse
fluctuations of their securities. In June
there will be war in Austria, Turkey,
and Greece; and in this country cruel
epidemic fever, cattle disease, high
birth rate, prosperous dramatic season,
and good fortune to the advocates of
woman suffrage. And so on, until De-
cember, when more than one dynasty in
Europe will tremble, the Socialists be-
come n terror to society, and the upris-
ing of the Greek and Slav races shake
Eastern Europe to its foundations.
These predictions are based on the
conjunctions and aspects of the planets,
and are made, the author declares, in ac-
cordance with "the simple and natural
rules of astral science, as first collected
by Claudius Ptolemy, and illustrated by
Didacus, Placidus de Titus"
This almanac has been published for
nearly fifty years, and has always
abounded i'll predictions in character
like those above. In 1853 it was pre-
dicted that earthquakes would occur near
Carthagena about July IS. On the 18th
there was an earthquake at Cumana,
near Carthagena, in which 1000 persons
lost their lives. In 1876 it was predicted
that there would be misfortunes on
American railroads and great catastro-
phe. The Ashtabula horror occurred
Dec. %. For July, 1878, it was pre-
dicted that there would be in America
many violent, sudden and terrible
deaths by sunstroke."
Having made several good guesses in
the course of fifty years, the almanac
astrologer points with pride to his pre-
dictions for the future, and asks the
people to believe in his system. The
predictions grade with those made by
other almanac prophets, and are curious,
to say the least.-Inter ocean.
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An Undesirable Roommate.

Scott, the greatest of English novel
lists, made use of superstition in his
works, but he had not particle of it in
his nature. Basil Hall says that Scott
told him, on the last evening of the year
1924, when they were talking over this
subject, that, having once arrived at a
country inn, he was told there was no
bed for him.
"No place to lie down at all?" said
he. mo" said the people of the house !;
none except a room in which there is a
corpse lying"
Well said he, did the person die
of any contagious disorder?"
"Oh, no, not at all" said they.
well, then,' continued he, "let me
have the other bed"
So" said Sir Walter, Il laid me
down, and never had better nights
sleep in my life"