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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24
HE DIDN'T SELL.

guess I'll sell the farm, Jane Ann, and buy
Jones made an offer yesterday-he'li pay the
money down.
He said he wasn't anxious, but he had the cash to
spare,
And reminded me that now -a-days cash sales are
very rare.
The farm amt worth much, anyway; the soil Is
And the crops it yields is hardly worth the putin
Besides, that pesky railroad that they're putin
through this way
so to-day.
/ amt afraid to work, you know-my daddy always
said,
@There amt single lazy hair in Nehemiah's
head"
There wsrn't no lazy hairs, know in that old
For he did the work of three hired men, in spite of
rheumatic.
No, no. I'm not afraid of work-of that don't
complain
I've tried to work with within hands, in sunshine
And I've always wore a cheerful face, except at
times may be-
When them giddy, headstrong steers o. mine would
"haw," when said geey"
Perhaps 1t may be sinful for mortal TO find fault
With toiling hard both day and night, If he only
But I've thought. while cradln rainlodged oats on
the side-hill over there,
That my Almost too hefty for small
boned man 10 bear.
It's always been my custom, when plowin' stumpy
soil
To hum some good old-fashioned hymn-it sorter
eased my toll:
But tell you what, twas pretty hard to smother
the words of sin
Whenever springing root would break and whack
on the shin.
i mention these ere things, Jane Ann, because I'd
like to lead
peaceful. blameless kind of life, from all tempta-
ton freed;
But, as long as Hessian flies exist and tater-bugs
abound,
ThereIl be some tall profanity at times hoatin'
round.
So now, if you're agreed, Jane Ann, I'll sell the
farm to Jones'
He'll find that what it lacks in soil is well made up
in stones;
And Wen move into the town next week-what's
that you're saying, wifeg
You'll never leave the good old place as long as
you have life."
Well, there it goes again, YUM! Go on, and have
your way.
You're bound 10 wear the breeches-in fgurative
way;
But you'll find I'll have my way this time, old girl,
as well as you.
So, if you're bound to stay right here by gracious
III stay too!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24
A Stage Joke.

During recent performance of
Hamlet" in New York, the graveyard
scene was in progress, and every one
was wrapped in melancholy. Hamlet
and Horatio stood in the gloomy
churchyard where the grave-diggers were
at work. The first grave-digger threw
up shovelful of bones. "Whose skull
is that?" said Hamlet, in sepulchral
voice. "Stewart's / claim the re-
wardl" said the grave-digger, in an
aside.
The reply was so unexpected that Mr..
Booth, old stager as he is, came near
laughing. Horatio, who had not so much
self-control, had to go up the stage, and
the second grave-digger hid behind the
pile Of earth till he could recover from
the effects. But Owen Fawcett never
smiled. He is too good humorist to
laugh at his own jokes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24

Goodness! how that letter stunned
me! Bella was by that time married.
She and her husband were to be with US
on New Years day, and they should
bring with them New-Year's gift fer
Cousin Adela, as q thank offering for
bringing them together. Their photo
graphs were inclosed
saw only one. Yes, it was Edgar's.
There was no mistake.
The house was at once in hustle OF
preparation. Again / slipped out to
hide my agony and prepare myself for
the coming trial.
Dreamily went along. / saw moth
ing before me but that meeting on the
morrow and the revelation it was sure
to bring. My mind seemed a chaos, in
which thought was lost.
All at once / found myself on the
reedy margin of the lake, as the silver
circle of the moon was rising above the
mountain-tops. And there / stood,
looking on the dark waters, while some
thing seemed to whisper to me that
there was peace; that need not meet
the proud bride and my ineonstant love
unless chose; that / might hide my
sorrows and secrets there, and none to
be the wiser.
My foot was on the brink. There was
a step on the stones behind me. L
turned; and think my half-formed
purpose was visible in my face, as /
once more confronted old Elspa, weird
and witch-like in the moonlight, warn
ing finger held up.
Sharp were her words, sharp as my
need. She babe me go down on my
knees, and thank God that he had sent
her to save me from my third peril-the
peril of body and soul. What was
pulling over? What right had l to
fling away the life that was given for
the service of others? How dared L
tempt death, loving the creature more
than the Creator? She had heard me
raving to the winds when thought
myself alone, and had kept a watch
upon me. And she babe me go back
home, and pray to be forgiven, and to
trust the Lord to make His dark ways
plain"
She took my hand and led me back
like penitent child; said to my aunt
that she thought was not well, aud,
by her leave, would watch me through
the night. Something, too, she gave
me, and slept.
When 1 awoke a chaise was at the
gate, and, before Tcould fasten my dress
with my trembling fingers, Bella had
burst in, radiant with happiness, and
flung her arm around Inc.
"COme Adela make haste " said she
Edward is all Impotence to see you
and show you our New-Year's gift"
Edward I gasped.
ayes, my dear, Edward! Did you not
know his name?"
1t was all tangle. / followed her to
the iving-room below, where the great
holly bush was hanging, and there stood
a stranger, who was introduced to me
as James Edward Neville, my new cous-
inland surely, too, Edgar, my own
Edgar; for he held out his arms and
caught me as was falling.
He had been best man at his cousins
wedding, and Bella had only seen him
few days previously. The postman
must have lost another letter, one Ed
gar had sent to me. The photograph
had been inclosed by mistake. The
other would be in the lost letter.
Old Elspa kept my secret well. But
1 never forgot the lesson she had taught
me; and, though Edgar carried me
away from Cumberland as proud wife
as Bella, we took good care of old Elspa
for the rest of her days. Cdsselps
Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24

In German railroad cars the separate
apartment, instead of being set apart
for smokers, is for the non-smokers. It
is, in view of the prevailing custom,
quite small compared with the smoking
apartment. Even with this ill eral pro-
vision, Government has been compelled
to issue circular instructing smokers
not to smoke in the small apartments.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24

CAN the man who shreds cabbage be
arrested for cold-slawter?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24
CHAPTER Nv.

The mock funeral was over and the gambler and the
scapegracc George buried in the vaults Of the Rem
ingtons when Liz tho gamblers wife. made her appear
at the stately mansion the Remingtons. Here
she tells Flora what she has discovered and demands
hush money.
"You didn't hurt my husband: he was dead afore
You gave him splendid funeral. But your secret Is
worth mint o. money. I'm poor-starvns! mean
TO live in comfort after this you shall pay ny
way"
Flora stretched ont her white hand. where large
diamond sparked, and thrust her In her visitors
clutch.
IAN right. You have lots in the bank Iwant
. settlement In writing. you sea. So much n year
will do as well by you as can"
I'D like that ring on your finger. that shines So HISS
It's beauty May have IT,"
That jewel had been in the Remington family soo1
many years, but Flora immediately took 10 on ana
passed IL to Liz whose black glitter greed
g when shall come to have the writing drawn up an
|" In week"
VERY we'll You can have DR.. Fordyce to fix II for
you won't bring Witness but You must give me .
paper SO. now. good night, miss. and don't worry too
much aboptis IN be as silent as he U.s. you DO tho
LIZ, hiding purse in her bosom, and turning the
diamond her finger inward To hide IL from the rapa
cious eyes Of McDonsls alley. made coettesy and
Withdrew.
The continuation Of this admirable and exciting
will found IN Frank Leses Chimney Corner No. ia
and now ready at all sepcts 10 csnts weakly -
per annum. Address Frank Leslies Publishing House,
"a IA rl.co No~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24

WEALTHY colored residents of New
York form a select society of their own.
They have their receptions, parties and
balls. They drive in their own carriages
behind fast horses, and it is quite a
common thing to see them driven by
white drivers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-01-24
CHAPTER II.

On the previous day DR.. Fordyce had been
summoned to the house of his next door neigh
Dor, Mrs. Remington. On his arrival there he
found Mrs. Remington and her daughter Flora
in the agonies Of grief. On bed was stretched
the unconscious form of Clymer, the son OF
Mrs Remington, desperately wounded by
pistol ball in the right side.i
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
wATERsoN VS.. coNxLrNa.
Another Chance for the New York
Senator to Send a Challenge.

Louisville, June 30.-Mr. Water
son publishes in TO days Courier
Journal a telegraphic correspo1-
dence between the Washington cor
respondents of the Cincinnati and
Philadelphia Enquirers, respective
IL. touching their statement thai
he had pursued Mr.. Conkling with
dinner invitations, which Mr.. Conk-
ling was forced to repel with scorn
and insult. Mr.. Pointer, of the
Philadelphia paper, having offered
TO give up the authorship of the
statement if Mr.. Watterson would
make deposition that it was true,
Watterson says: 81 have made q
courteous demand for the author
ship of a report intended to injure
me, and exten sively circulated by
you. The report is infamous and
unfounded. II it was fabricated by
you out of whole clotN, You are the
scoundreL If you get OF Mr.
Conkling, he is the scoundrel.
have nothing left but to denounce
It's author, leaving you to get out
of the responsibility.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
A 10000 Acre Wheat Farm.

The largest cultivated wheat farm
on the globe is said to be the Gron
din farm, not far from the town OF
Fargo, Dakota. 1t embraces some
10000 acres both Government and
railway land, and lies close to the
Red river. Divided into four parts,
it has dwellings. granaries, machine
shops, elevators, stables for 200
horses, and room for storing 1000
900 bushels of graiu, Besides the
wheat farm is a stock farm of 10000
acres. In seeding time, 90 to so
men are employed, and during harry
est $50 to 300 men. Seeding begins
about April 9, and continues through
the month, ana is done very syste
matically, the machines following
one another around the field some
four rods apart. Cutting begins
about August s, and ends early in
September, succeeded by the thresh
ing with eight steam threshers.
After threshing, the stubble
ground is pIo we'd with great plows.
drawn by three horses and cutting
two burrows, and this goes on until
the weather is cold enough TO freeze
;G;ssnallY about Nov. L. There are
many other i i~e farms in the Ter
ritory. The average yield CT the
Dakota wheat fsrm is from 20 to 20
bushels per acre.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

"Bad government and the OPP
preston of the Fellahs" are the
leading charges against Khedive
Ismael, a cable dispatch says. OF
course that has all been known for
some time. The Khedive has
wrenched the enormous sums he
has expended so extravagantly from
the laboring class, whom he has
crushed with taxation. The land
tax has ranged from $50. ZOO. 900 to
$50, 100000, the tax on date trees
about $1,IOO000; local tobacco tax
$1,000. 900; tax on Nile barges, 81.
600, 900, ETC., etc, all levied on the
poorer classes. The seizure of land
from the laboring classes has re-
suited in giving the Khedive large
personal estate, while impoverish-
ing those who can least afford to
bear the losses. Egypt proper,
from which most of the money
1.-THE revenues have been from $780,
900, 600 to 6O,OOO,OOO) has been ex
tracted, contains a population of a
lutte over 100000, and the public
debt saddled on the country is
$45O,000,00 while the expenditures
have been not less than $50, 000, 900
a year. The country is.indeed rich
in resources to stand such a drain.
The Khedive has annexed a vast
territory, embracing Nubia, the for
mer Kingdom of Ethiopia, Darfur
and other districts, and the army is
engaged now securing more. The
whole area embraces ,4OG, $50
square miles, Courier-Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
One Of Europe's Curses.

''In time of peace prepare foI
war;" is a motto which seems to be
the motto of European dynasties
to day. In 1871 it took France q
month 10 collect an army of 100000
active men, and her reserves num-
bered only 100000, while now her
army consists of $4,000 men ready
and for the field, 100000 reserves.
The annual army appropriation
amounts to over a hundred million
dollars-two-f ifths more than it did
under the empire-and there is
nearly four-ffths more to show for
it The only thing wanting in the
French army to-day is competent
generals. The first thing which
Russia did st the close of the Turk
ish war was to reorganize her army
the plan being to double the num-
her Of men available in case of an
other war, and this plan is being
cSrrIed out with vigor and remark
able rapidity. Under such pressure
as this on either side il is not
strange that Germany has decided
upon large increase of her militia
ry force. 1t is one of the necessa-
ry concomitants of the standing
army system that, when one of a
group of contiguous States aug
ments her fighting strength, the
others must do likewise. 1t is par
ticularly important just nov, while
Germany acts as a sort of balance
OF power in European politics.
military prescryer of the peace
that no surrounding nations should
outstrip her in the numbers or efi-
cheney OF heir military equipment
More than this, all the generals
who have planned and executed
Germany's successful campaigns
are Old men-and the necessity 0F
an extra number of men to make |
up for n possible loss Of able gener-
aiship is obvious. 1t is well known |
that the enormous expense of keep |
ing her army is the main cause of
the growth of socialism in Germa-
~, end the oppression it causes Is
leading 70 emigration as a possible 1
relief from griading poverty and
distress; but the standing army
policy is imperial, and must be
Maintained at any cost.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
Communism in the United States

The impression which the cleo
tion In California has made through
out the United States is most pro-
found. The foremost journals in
the Eastern States-those journals
that echo the sentiments of the
business men without regard to
politics-hold it as a sign that the
agIarlan element in California is in
the majority. And some begin to
question whether, if the same test
were to be made in other States,
the same result would not be
reached. Pixley, in the Argonat,
states it in this way: 81 have a
little property which l accumulated
honestly and by years OF hard
work. l have a coachman, a
gardener and a cook. When
the question OF whether nv prop
erty shall be taken from me and di
vided with the public or not, my em
ployes gave a majority of three to
one against me-" By that be
means, of course, that such a thing
is possible under our institutions.
If we mistake not, the business
men clear across the continent are
thoroughly and rightfully alarmed.
Besides the Communists and Social
lists in the Eastern States who take
up Kearney's-cry "that the country
is to he shattered" there is pow
ersul and growing party of men
styling themselves Green hackers,
who without meaning any harm,
and with an honest intention +
augmenting the Welfer0 of the
whoie country. are clamOring fog
such q revolution in finances as
will, il carried out, disarrange bust
ness more shan a great war. The
two old political parties are alb
sorbed in seeking advantages for
next years struggle, and if the fac
tions, which include the dissatis-
fed elements of the country, but
unite, as they did in the recent
election in California, they can carry
the electoral votes of half q dozen
Of the most powerful States OF the
Republic, All the signs point to a
time in the near future when our
institutions are to be tried by a
more terrible test than even the
war of the rebellion was. Behind
81 great wars some mighty princi-
pie fills mems thoughts, and war,
with all its sufierings and demorali
cation, at the same time gives char
acter to a people. But when the
weapon is the ballot. and a secret
ballot at that, through which men
can be stabbed to death while see
ing no foe and feeling no wound,
and when, by the returns, it is cyl
dent that the majority are willing to
make the wound, then the men
really interested in the welfare of
the country grow afraid. We
should be glad if che present fear
should cause the best men. North
and South. to drop the differences
over which they are now quarreling
and oRnse them to declare some new
watchwords. The things most
threatened now are the integrity
and safety of the private homes and
fortunes of the truest men of the
Republic. Men really capable OF
self government ought certainly to
be able to frame laws to remove
such a danger, and when the homes
OF the country are made safe the
country itself is safe Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
Hooker on Southern Generals.

General Joe Hooker in a converse
tion with an Enquirer reporter,
said: Gen. Joe Johnston was the
best soldier the South had. Gen.
Lee vas great because of his nice
sense of honor. When he invaded
Pennsylvania Lee paid for every
thing be got. He paid in Confed-
crate money, but that was what be
was paid in, and he had no other.
But he paid it out, and even when
he passed through those towns in
Pennsylvania he put guards around
their stores and protected their
goods, allowing nothing to be taken.
Even clothes, boots and shoes,
which they needed so much, were
not taken. This was not so much
great gsneralship IS il was chivalry,
6ut it made the man who did it
great figure in the contest"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

Courier-Journal: Capt. Eads' plan
for carrying ships across the 18th
mus of Darien by rail is develop
ment of the scheme OF Mr.. Ross, OF
Rochester, n. Y, made public ten
or twelve years ago. He proposed
to float the ships on trucks a9d
wheel them over from ocean to
ocean. He tried to get Conkling to
push the scheme through Congress,
but the latter wrote to him, stating
that the scheme was impracticable,
owing to the great weight of the
vessels and the impossibility OF
onstructing a track and trucks OF
sufficient strength. Capt. Eads
seems to think differently.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

General Beauregard declines to
serve on the Mississippi River
Commission, partly on account OF
the "invidious distiction" made in
the bill between military and civil
engineers, aid because his engage
mento will, prevent him from giving
his whole time to the important
work. We think, also, that the sal
airy of $4,000 is too small to secure
the services of able and experienced
engineers Courier journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
Some Remarkable Trees.

| The South American COW tree
grows on the poorest and most
rocky soil Its leaves are dry anC
leathe-y In appearance, and for sew
eral months in the year not a show
er falls to moisten its roots and
branches. Yet, by piercing the bark
it yields liquid resembling milk,
which is sweet and nourishing.-
Another South American tree is
the ivory nut tree. The natives
use it in bulldog their huts, and
out of its nuts they make buttons
and various trinkets. OF late years
the nuts have found their way to
other countries, where they are
worked up in all sorts of fancy ar
ticles. The cannon ball tree grows
in the tropics. 1t rises about sixty
five feet high, has beautiful Grim
son flowers, in clusters very fra
grant. The resemblance of the
fruit to cannon-balls has given it
its martial name. When fully ripe,
the balls burst with a loud report.
Shells are worked into cups, and a
great variety Of useful and orna-
mental household utensils. TBo
more curious trees complete our
list. The tallow tree lives in Chi
ma, and yields an oily substance re-
sembiing tallow, which answers
well as q substitute for it. The
tree is only OF medium size at ma
turity. The varnish tree is found
also sparingly. in China This is
the tree which produces the black
---~ VsrGish. so useful an article
. sF- y resembles in gen
OF commerce. 49, s-AS
eral appearance the white asu
1t does not furnish its peculiar
liquid IN large quantities until nine
or ten years old.
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$4,000 Gone to Texas.

Mr.. P. N. Spinelli, of Brownsville,
Texas, had heard of the Louisiana State
Lottery. Mr.. Spinelli invested (by
sending one dollar 10 NJ. a. Dauphin,
P. o. Box 692, New Orleans, by mail)
one dollar in half ticket No. AZ .279 in
the Single Number Drawing of May
Is, and great was his surprise when he
received from the company check for
fifteen thousand dollars on the Louis
lana National Bank. His great regret
now is that he did not buy the whole
ticket, by investing an eXtrs dollar,
draw thirty thousand dollars, donate it
to the Charity Hospital, do the State
some service, and let the Lottery Com
pany rip. "Man never is, but always
to be blessed."-[N. o. Picayune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
The South is all Right.

Louisville Post and News: All
through the South are signs OF re
turning prosperity such as have not
been experienced for twenty years.
The advance In cotton has already
benefited that section, and the new
crop promises to be profitable
The negro exodus was a small al
fair, the importance of which was
exaggerated for political effect. The
South should give more attention
to its own material affairs, and lake
less interest in national politics.
The South will in the future be al
lowed to manage its own affairs 1t
should see that these affairs are
managed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

white the postal route agent on
the Boston d. Providence Railroad
was asserting the mail the other
day he was horror struck at the
following address on a postal card :
Mr. James Burns. alias John NJ.
Finn, in care Of Mike Duffy or his
sister Lizzie Duffy, or her cousin
Mol Mccarthy, corner of Cross
street and Jerry Ragans Hill, North
Main street. Taunton, Mass., whole
sale fish peddler and tin horn artist.
II not there. elsewhere.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

Mr.. Key has changed his mind
jnstead of coming to Tennessee
where he would be occupied all
summer explaining to his old
friends how from being an extreme
State rights Democrat be became a
stalwart. cen tralizstion Repu bkc2n,
he goes TO England American.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

One of the last acts of Congress
before il adjourned last Tuesdcy
was probably its best one; that is
the passage of the bill putting qui
nine on the free list. The protec
zion heretofore extended to the
Philadelphia quiuine monopoly has
been a shame TO America. Quinine
is a necessity in every American
household, st. least 10 every South
ern family, and this last act of Con-
gress will reduce its cost at least a
hundred per cent
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03

A sad accident occurred about
one mile from Winchester Saturday
evening last. Two only sons OF
Mr.. Sam'l Estell, aged s and 1C
years, Hugh and Nathan, we're play
ing in n sand bank. They had dug
some distance into the side of the
bank, when it caved in from the
top. burying them alive. When
they were found their bodies were
covered, their feet and hands pro-
truding from the sand. The bod
ses were still warm.