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Rock ISLAND, April 9.

FLOUR AND GRAIN.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12

lounge Ut their ease. In this way my welcome
outlives my stay, and am driven to the wall
for excuses for leaving
One day my DeKslb hostess came TO me with
. rueful countenance.
sOnly think" said she, spvs not had . morsel
OF cake on the table for three days, when i Am
never without one or more kinds. i am
ashamed of myself what will the men thinky"
sLet Thorn think what they please. Haven't you
had the table loaded with fruit and vegetables,
and the most delicious bread, butter, eggs, etc.,
every meal? Whose fault is 1t that you've had
no cakey" "Yours. You wouldn't let me cook
anything II you could help II. that is, II there
were only you and to eat" The best passport
to country woman's heart is to be delighted
with everything, and willing TO take up with
just what she can give you, and no more. OF
course II comes hard for q person who is used
to the luxuries of life to be obliged to take up
with plain food and poor accommodations Il
never knew farmer to live poorly, but, in
stead of feeling hurt and making yourselves
miserable over 1t, you should be only too thank
full that In your own homes different state Of
affairs prevails-thankful that you are not
obliged to remain guest any longer than may
suit ysur own convenience. ORLENA.
CHICAGO, Ill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12

THE wide and growing differences of
opinion among Congregationalists on
important doctrinal points, such as
future punishment, leads President
Bartlett to say: I'm the agitations of
the times, some men, of more or less
prominence, have swerved quite wildly,
if not radically, from the basis of tradi-
tional orthodoxy, and have not been
especially reticent of their opinions or
doubts. Their liberty to do so cannot,
and their conscientiousness should not
be questioned. They have, however, Mt
the same time expected to be received
by the churches as though no such
change had taken place in themselves.
This expectation and demand are bring
ing before the ministry and the churches,
the great mass of whom as conscien-
tiously reject these new views, the serious
question whether it is practicable for two
to walk together except they be agreed on
these matters. They have been slow to
raise the question, but they have raised
it necessarily and spontaneously, and
are considering it carefully and gravely."
DR.. Bartlett thinks that the great body
of his denomination will stick to old
fashioned orthodoxy, while the schism
will cause the liberals" to become Uni
tartan, or something like it.
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title worship that obtains at the pres
ent day in Central Europe: Camille
Heinrich, Realm Prince of Starhens-
berg, Count of Schaumburg and Wax
enheim, Imperial Royal Chamberlain,
Colonel Hereditary Territorial Marshal
in Upper and Neither Austria, Heredi-
tary Member of the Austrian House of
Peers, Imperial Royal Lieutenant on
the Retired List; and Sophie, Realm
Princess of Srarhensberg, born Realm
Countess of Sickingen Hohenburg,
Lady of the Palace to Her Majesty the
Empress Elizabeth of Austria; hereby
make due announcement of the proxi-
mate wedding of their daughter, Marie,
Realm Countess of Starbensberg, with
the Highly Born Realm Count Conrad
Ungnad of Weissenwolff, Baron of Son.
neck and Enseck, Honorary Knight of
the Sovereign Order of st. John,
Colonel Hereditary Territorial Court
Master in Austria above the Enn, son
of the Highly Born Lady Hedwig,
Realm Countess Ungnad of Weissen-
wolff, born Realm Countess Krasicka,
Lady of the Star-Cross Order, and of
her late consort, Realm Count Guido
bald Ungnad of Weissenwolff."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12
Cat and Dog.

At the scientific convention at Sara
toga, Prof. Wilder described a case
where dog removed burs from cats
tail. The cat and dog were intimate
and on the best of terms, and they ate
and slept together. The question is
whether this was an act of benevolence
on the part of the dog toward the cat,
or whether the dog simply removed
burs from his companion because of
nervous irritation about and dislike of
burs. In the process of this removal, to
which the cat readily and willingly ac-
coded, one bur stuck fast, and the dog,
persisting in it's efforts to pull off the
bur, actually pulled up the Cat by the
tail. Both of them appeared surprised,
but the cat did not doubt the kindly in
tent of the operation. The dog then
held down the cats body by means of
his foot and thus proceeding extracted
all the burs. Although at first sight it
looks as il the whole performance were
benevolent, Prof. Wilder is inclined to
view it merely as an instance of dislike
to burs in general on the part of the
dog.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12
Good.bY. Summer.

"Thou art bearing hence thy roses,
Glad summer, fare thee well!
Thou art singing thy last melodies
In every wood and dell.
Brightly sweet summer. brightly
Thine hours have hoated by
70 the joyous birds of the woodland boughs,
TO the rangers of the sky"
This has been to many a very bright, glad
summer, though to some dear homes the short
heated term has brought sorrow. Many moth
ers we know have been left almost childless by
the destroyer, who annually looks here and
there into bright, almost perfect homes, seek
ing, perhaps, the fairest flower to transplant
to the far more beautiful garden of the dear
Lord. To those who are mourning, and almost
refuse to be comforted, we can truly say, we
are told to believe that He doetb all things
we'll" and. though q He doth not willingly af-
fiict," has hidden wise purpose that cannot
now comprehend:
But when few feet, swerving years have gone,
The loved will meet thee ut heavens gate and lead
thee in.
To those who have only had joyous sum-
mer, how swiftly II has glided by; and, now
that we must bid il final farewell-for the
same summer will never come again-we will
all hail the autumn, for il brings rev beauties
in brighter colors; the harvests will be gath
cred in, and the faithful farmers will see the
fruit of their spring labors SUNSET.
HYDE PARK ILL.,
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On the English railways the lowest
class of carriages earn the most money.
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln
shire railway owns 1873 first-class, 113
second-class and 271 third-class car
riages, and it appears that every first
class carriage on the line named earned
in the first six months of the present
year G113; every second-class carriage,
ELI; and every third-class carriage,
e43S. And, though there is variation
in the details so far as other companies
are concerned, yet the principle on all
the chief lines remains good--that the
lowest class of carriages are the most
productive; while it is evident that, as
the original outlay OH Them is very
much less, the return on the capital in
vested in them is proportionately
greater
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12
SURROUNDED BY SNAKES.
A Desperate Encounter In Pike County, Pa
Curing the Bite of "a Rather.

A Desperate Encounter I'm Pike County, Pa
Curing the Bite of ~ Rather.
milford pa Cor. Philadelphia Times.1
Three young sportsmen named Gideon
Hensch, William Croft and Henry Dick
ison passed through Milford yesterday
for New York, where they reside. Mr..
Hensch related the following story:
"We are all of us clerks in insurance
offices in New York, and we concluded
to spend our vacation this year in the
wilds of Pike county, where we expect
ed to find game of all kinds in abun-
dance. We brought with us large "a
tent, camping utensils of all kinds, and
some 'tangle-foot.' Upon arriving at
shooting in the country was near Lit
tie York Woods in Blooming Grove
township; so we hired team and went
thither. We finally found what seemed
like good camping place-six miles
from any house-and We pitched our
tent, sent oU driver back to Lacka-
waxen, and prepared ourselves to enjoy
the luxury of camping out Night
soon came ON, and to keep away wild
animals we built a fire Just outside the
door of our tent. About 10 o'clock
I fell asleep, and shortly after
was awakened by peculiar
whirring noise. L found that
Croft and Dickson were both
asleep, and as the noise still continued
I seized my gun and pulled aside the
tent-door flap. The sight that met my
eyes fairly paralyzed me. The fire,
which still burned brightly, was sur
rounded by rattlesnakes in every con-
ceivable position. l quickly aroused
Croft and Dickson, and, armed with
our stout ash alpinestocks, we stepped
outside aud began to slaughter the rep
tiles. We had already killed six, and
as L was striking the seventh, which
was an unusually large one, he sprung
ut me and bit me in the fleshy part of
the hand, near the wrist. / Immediate
ly threw down my stick and ran into
the tent. Then 1 took razor aud
cut an incision in the flesh directly
across the wound, applied my lips to
the cut and sucked from it the blood
and poison. l then bathed the wound
with brandy and drank largo guam
tity of whisky. Croft and Dickson
had in the meantime dispatched the re-
mainder of the reptiles. In the morn
ing we measured the snakes killed and
their aggregate length was sixty-two
feet three and half inches. There
were thirteen killed. During the fol-
lowing day l kept taking liquor in
quite large doses, and felt no incon-
venience from the bite. But" said
Mr.. Hensch, barring his wrist aud point
ing to the wound, I'VE moved our tent
farther on, and all the wealth of Col
conda wouldn't tempt me to spend n
night in that local ity again."
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greater.

IT was some time since supposed in
England that the gun and projectile
makers were ahead of the armor- plate
makers for ships of war, but late exper-
iments have restored the former rela-
tive positions. It has been found that
a so-called compound-armor-plate is
practically impenetrable. 1t is com
posed of iron plates first treated to q
red heat; then five inches of molten
steel is let flow upon them. A com
plete weld is produced between the iron
and steel, substance being formed be-
tween the two by portion of the car
bon of the steel uniting with the iron
in zone about an eighth or quarter
of an inch in thickness. Such armor
has been fired at with the Palliser
chilled projectile from a nine-inch gun
and in each case the shot has been
broken up, while only some slight hair
lines are made on the armor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12

The scale of British social expend-
iture is illustrated by the fact that what
are called large incomes on the CONT
nent of Europe and the United States
are but small in England. Thus, the
late Countess of Waldegrave is spoken
of as having had small income, when
it amounted to $4,000 per annum. 1t
is also said Lord Lytton is too poor to
become an Earl upon $4,000 per an
mum, while Lord Chelmsford, with
$4,000 per annum, is set down as the
poorest peer in England.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12

A LIST of the printing houses and
kindred institutions of st. Petersburg
is published in the Golos. There are,
all told, 103 printing offices in the city,
7 of which belong to the Government;
there are 10 photographic establish
ments, II type foundries, 5 metallic
graphic establishments, 80 Photographic
galleries, 100 bookstores, 80 libraries,
Is stores of topographic implements, %
hand-printing presses and store of
elastic stamps. Books and journals are
sold at Is printing offices, at Z news
paper offices, at 80 toyshops and at sew
eral tobacco shops. The sale of jour
mails is in charge of two companies,
consisting of ID responsible members,
who employ $50 persons.
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Little Benny's Little Fishes.

Little Benny had come up to his
grandfather's in the country.
He thought it was always summer in
the country.
1t was the middle of April, and it
showed the very next day after he
came!
Benny stood at the window watching
the large flakes of snow coming down,
lighting on the tops Of the spires of
grass, and all over the little twigs and
boughs of the shrubbery and trees, and
he most cried, because he wanted to go
fishing, and he thought peoples didn't
go fishing when it showed.
Then he wished he had brought his
sleigh and mittens.
But before he had done thinking
about that, out came the sun, which so
"s'prised the large downy snowhakes
that every one of them ran away and
hid.
Those which could, ran right down
into the ground, to come up flowers by
and-by, and some which had lighted on
the stone walk and stones and could not
get into the ground, flew up into the
sky to come down in showers (which
bring forth May.fowers."
Aunt Gertrude told him all about
that, so Benny did not after all cry
about the snow.
After the snow was all gone Benny
had on his rubber boots and warm coat
and his Aunt Gerty bent a pin into a
fish-hook and fastened it TO the end OF
a thread, and hung that at the end of q
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12
Kissing the Baby.

While Col. Allen was discussing ma
tional finances, Col. Tom Crittenden
quietly slid off the platform and circu-
lated among the crowd. He wore a
delicate white duck suit, blue necktie
AID patent-leather pumps, and was the
cynosure of all female eyes on the
premises. Col. Tom, with an eye to
business, began ogling the babies.
ooh, you sweet little darling" said
Col. Tom, addressing fuzzy, pop-eyed
brat that lolled lazily in its mothers
arms under one of the trees; show old
is it, ma'am?"
-Four months, sir" said the fond
mother.
"a little girl, ell ?" said Col. Tom.
'No, a boy" replied the mother.
"Ah, YES, now that / come to look at
it more closely, / detect the strong,
manly features of boy" the Colonel
fastened to say. "Please may 1 kiss
the little cherub?"
Col. Tom shut his eyes and exploded
an osculatory sound on the fuzzy face,
and the child put up big lip and
threatened to cry.
"He If such beautiful child" MUIR
INJURED Col. Tom, "such eyes, such a
head, such an expanse of forehead, such
mouth, such wealth of complexion,
such a sweet, tranquil expression!"
"La me, you don't really think 30, do
you?" simpered the fattered mother.
81 never saw sweeter little cherub,"
said Col. Tom; 81 believe / shall have
to kiss him again"
Having gone through a second os-
culatory martyrdom, Col. Tom assumed
seraphic look-a look calculated to
strike taffy to the most hardened fem
mime heart, and got right down. to
business.
II am candidate for Governor"
said he, "and nothing would give me
greater Joy than to feel that 1 have
the support of the father of this sweet
babe. Come, let me hold the little
darling in my arms. 1 do think he is
just the sweetest little angel ever saw"
The fattered mother gave up the
fussy baby with profuse apologies
about its not being well dressed, etc,
hoped it wouldn't trouble the gentle
man, ETC., glad to know he admired it
so much, etc.
The fuzzy baby writhed and squirmed
and grew red In the face, and wrinkled
itself all up and belched a trifle, and
then lay calm and composed on Col.
Toms strong right arm.
"The little preciousl" cried Col. Tom.
you'll tell his father how much 1
thought of the little cherub, won't you,
ma'am? And vou'll tel him I'm a
candidate for Governor, ell, ma'am?"
The poor woman's face dropped, and
big, salt tears came into her eyes.
"Oh, sir" she said, "you don't know
what you ask-my poor husband died
of the jaunders two months ago."
There was far-off look in Col.
Tom Crittenden's golden-glinted eyes as
he gently but firmly dumped that fuz-
zy baby on the bereaved woman's lap
and walked straight back to the plat
form and replaced himself on bench.
st. Louis Times-Jour7aal.
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long stick. and he started off alone to
fish in little shallow brook near by.
If there had been any other children
at Benny's grandfather's, they would
have gone, too, but there weren't, and
that is why Benny had to 60 alone.
In few minutes he came back, and
said he did not like the looks of the
long fishes, but there were some of the
little round ones, and that was the best
kind. and he wanted grandmother's new
tin water-dipper.
When he returned the next time he
had lot of little black "pollywogs," and
he had held the dipper SO tight to him
that the water had stopped, stopped,
stopped, all down his clothes. Aunt
Gerty never scolded him one bit, but
put on dry clothes, and grandmother
gave him large soup tureen to put his
"ittle round black fish" in.
They seemed to like their new home,
for they wiggled about, never stopping
to rest, and all the time growing larger
and larger, and eating more and more.
After about four weeks time they all
had each two tiny fore feet and legs,
and in day or two after some hind feet
and legs made their appearance.
In few more days their long tails,
which had been to each rudder,
dropped off, and Benny had some beau
tiful little frogs and toads, not much
larger than the end of his thumb.
Some of them died in few days,
and Aunt Gerty said it was because
they were toads and must live out Of
the water; so she built beautiful little
bridge above pile of stones right in
the soup .tureen, and the little toads
lived on the bridge and stones, but the
frogs lived in both places.
The days had grown warm and sunny,
and Benny had too many outdoor
amusements to keep his little family $50
Unexpectedly cast upon his care), so he
took them back to the brook.
They grew to be fine, large frogs be-
fore the summer was over, and croaked
equal to the best.
The toads hoped back to the garden,
and repaid all Benny's care and kind
ness by eating up all the bugs and in
sects which would otherwise have been
troublesome. JOANNA KING.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12

SIR BARTLE FRERE, for the work he
has done. is the best-pensioned man in
England. An official statement of his
revenue for past services is as follows
pension from Indian Government,
1000; annuity as retired member of
the Indian Council, G500; as Governor
of the Cape Colony, $4,000; as High
Commissioner of South Africa, Ct, 900
rent for country house, $500; special
allowance for South Africa, $4,000.
Total, 10000 a year. OF this sum
G1,5OO comes from the revenues of In
dia, e6,500 from the Cape Colony, and
$4,000 from the revenues of Great
Britain" For a man who has really
done no diplomatic or civil work Of a
commanding character, these pensions,
equal in the aggregate to the salary OF
the President of the United States,
NAV be considered very sweet and
grateful things.
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j. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, of Hartford

j. HAMMOND TRUMBULL, of Hartford,
CT, has settled the dispute as to the
meaning of the word Chicago" by
showing that it means skunk in all the
Indian languages of that region. But
in it's uses the word became synonym
for strength, and was applied to thun-
der, the Mississippi river and line of
Indian chiefs, one of whom gave name
to the river by being drowned in it..
The French wrote the name Chicagou
at first, and took Chicagoua, chief of
the Illinois, to Europe with them in
1725
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-09-12
Harmonic Wants a Reform in the Laws
Of Marriage.

There is one law that would veto were q
man, and held the reins of Government; and
that is, the law which sanctions the marriage
Of those who are incapable, through weakness Of
intellect, Of caring for themselves and chill
dren. have in mind man and woman who
were married in our town, several years ago,
who were actual FOOLS They knew enough to
eat when they were hungry, and sleep when
they we're sleepy, and that is about the extent
of their knowledge. They went away to sew
eral adjoining towns to get married, but could
get no one to perform the ceremony for them,
and they came back here and found one man
mean enough to unite them, for the few shil
lings it would put in his pocket Il think Their
are some men mean enough for anything).
They now have three or four children, and the
county has to take care of the whole family.
About 8 o'clock in the evening, not long ago,
after the supper was all cleared away and the
fire out, there came to our door man and
woman, with q child year old, asking for sup
per and lodging. They pretended to be looking
for work, but were nothing more nor less than
tramps Of the dlrtiest kind, and had walked
from away in the south part Of the State. ]
dislike to keep people Of that stamp, and we
had given up the practice, since the tramps had
so overrun this part of the country and COM
mitted 80 many crimes, but the sight Of poor
little baby nearly starved went to my heart,
and let them stay (but let me say right here,
/ locked and bolted the doors between us).
They said q good many times they
were refused even a drink of water,
people were so alarmed on the tramp
question. They were both of them half-witted,
and what could the child be? We started them
off in the morning with bottle of milk. and
their pockets full of cookies for the baby; so
1 knew it would have enough to eat for one
day; but have thought of the poor little thing
ever SINCE How much better had it never
been born And here lie another instance of the
need of improvement in our laws If q man
has not sense enough to support himself, how
is he going to care for family And, then,
laws are made to tax handwriting capable
nen, to support institutions for homes for
these families. Harmonic.
Tn