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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28

danger the cup in her hand. "Have
you lost by him, Mahlon?"
"You have, Delphine, and very heav-
ily."
He intended to tell her guardedly,
not to shock her. But he has lost his
self-control; his hand trembles so that
he cannot take the cup from her.
Something is left of other stocks,
Mahlon?"
Nothing. have been unpardona-
bly, careless. Your trust in me should
have made me doubly watchful of your
fortune"
He cannot look at her as he speaks.
She pauses; then" Do you care so
very much, Mahlon?" she asks.
"For your loss, my poor child"
"Only for me?"
81 never touched q shilling of it,"
Mahlon says, hastily, Immediately re-
greeting his words.
81 know. Will you mind very much
having to take care of me, Mahlon?"
Mind it, Delphine 1 think you
have not been quite my wife, because l
have not taken care of you. / should
be glad to have you forced upon me. The
whole blow falls on you, poor child, so
used to all that money can buy"
Delphine turns to put the cup down.
He sees a SILVER run through her, as if
the mere thought of poverty hurt her.
His pretty Cinderella decked for the
Kings bed, to shrink away in her tat
tiers to her ash-heap! Are not these the
shocks that make peevish, dissatisfied
women? 1t is hard to fancy Delphine
either, but
He is startled out of his moody
thoughts by the gay, saucy face she
turns on him.
l must come to you for everything,
and you'll scold if the butchers bill is
large, and forbid sweetmeats as expen-
sive, just as papa used, when his
daughters kept house by turns. You
can't get rid of me by marrying
me to rich man. But am sorry for
the hospital, which I've been so jeal-
Gus Of"
Why?" asked Mahlon, rather alb
sently.
Why not? When it took all your
leisure. And nearly caused your death,
she ends, softly.
Mahlon recalls the pale face bent over
him that day, the face he has mourned
as lost. He is not sorry to miss it now
He can never find fault with the woman
who takes all troubles lightly, so that he
is spared to her, who inclines to bask
in sunshine, rather than to nope in
shadow.
II ic worth oil old Mr. FIiot'a ,oonav
such discovery. And Delphine always
declares that the loss of her money was
a great gain to her.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
A PATRIOTIC FAMILY.
A Woman who Gave Eleven Sons Ina De-
Tense of Her Country.

Tense of Her Country.
A Washington correspondent says
n very remarkable case of patriotism OF
family has just been developed at the
War Department. Some time ago Con
gresham Deering, of Iowa, applied to
the Secretary of War for the discharge
from the regular army of young man.
the favor being asked by his mother,
who said she was ~ years of age, had
given ten sons to the defense OF her
country, and, being now unable to sup
port herself, she asked that her eleventh
son might be discharged from the mill
tary service, so that she could have his
care and attention in her declining
years. 1t at once struck the Secretary
of War that this was either very bold
case of misrepresentation or remark
able matter of fact; 80 he applied to
the old lady for the names of the ten
sons whom she said she had given to the
defense of her country, the regiments
in which they served, and the military
record of each. She replied promptly
to the inquiry, and, her statements be-
ing carefully compared with the muster
rolls on fife in the Adjutant Generals
office, it was found that they were true
in every particular The Secretary OF
War Immediately ordered the discharge
of the eleventh son, and wrote the old
lady letter in which he extolled her
patriotism, and thanked her in the
name of the United States for her con-
tributions to it's LIST of defenders.
Following are the names of the sons,
/ nd no IN fhnU
served:
/. S W. Merchant was private in Company
G, Seventy fourth Illinois Volunteers; afterward
Lieutenant, and honorably discharged Sept
26, 1865.
2 Abel L. Merchant was a private in Com
pany c, Fifteenth illinois Volunteers, and died
in the service.
3. Dewitt c. Merchant was a private in the
same company, and was killed in action July
-, 1854
T. Enoch Merchant was Corporal of Com
pany +, One Hundred and Fifty. sixth Illinois
| Volunteers, and was honorably discharged,
Sept ~, 1865
5. David o. Merchant was private in Com,
pany c, Seventy fourth Illinois Volunteers, and
honorably discharged June 10, 1865.
q. Silas b. Merchant was private in Com
pany g. Forty fourth Illinois Volunteers; was
promoted to First Lieutenant, and resigned
Sept "A, 1864.
T. Arlo j. Merchant was n private in the
same company, and was honorably discharged
Sept a. 1864.
g. Lewis III. Merchant was private in Com
pany G., Forty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, and was
honorably discharged Sept. ~, 1864.
9. Aaron Merchant was private in Company
q, Fifteenth Wisconsin Volunteers, and was
killed at Island No. 10, by the accidental dis
| charge of cannon, Dec. 26, 1862.
10. James b. Merchant was a teamster in the
employ of the Quartermaster's Department
throughout the war.
IL. Norman NJ. Merchant enlisted March 3,
1873, as private in Company b, Sixth United
States Regular Cavalry, and was discharged
March II, 1873, by reason of the expiration of
his term Of enlistment He again enlisted May
4, 1878, was assigned to Battery b, Fourth Ar
tillery, and is now in the service
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
Terrible Experience.

Two men, Joseph Smith and Paul lie
Blau, were eleven days and nights on
floating ice in Lake Michigan and the
straits. They left Beaver Harbor, Dec.
%, in fish-boat, with the mail, bound
for Mackinaw, and arrived the same day.
They left Mackinaw, on their return,
Dec. %; arrived at Saint Waugoshance
at 10 p. M; left next morning for st.
Helena, arriving at s a. m; left st. Hell
ena Jan. l, had to put back and haul
out the bpat left again Jan. 3, on foot,
with dog and hand-sled crossed on
the ice to Gros Cap, went up the north
shore to Poufetts, arriving at 10 a. m,
Jan. g. went out on the ice Jan. 10, with
two dogs, but had to return; started
again Jan. II, making for Hat island,
but when half mile from shore were
obliged to turn back on account of
water; campeG that night on the ice:
next morning the wind blew gale from
the southwest, drifting them toward
Point Shane; snow so thick that they
could not see any distance, the hand
sled broke down, and they had to aban-
don the mail on Sunday, the 18th, after
carrying it for some time On their backs;
the ice was 30 broken up that they had
hard work to keep afioat; drifted from
Waugoshance, abreast of SCOTS point,
and were buffeted by the winds till the
22d, when they got on shore on Hog
island, after being on the ice eleven
days and nights. without fire, subsisting
on two loaves of bread and about four
pounds of boiled pork. They remained
over night on Hog island, and landed
on Garden island, Jan. %, mt 10 80 a. M,
where they stayed until noon of Jan. %,
when they went over home to Beaver
island in skiff. On Jan. IL Paul broke
in, and they ferried over crack on a
cake of ice, using piece of board for a
paddle. On Jan. % Paul broke i'll twice,
the second time about 3 D. M, in water
up to his shoulders. The dog went in
too, and tried to get on Pauls back.
Smith hauled Paul out both times with
piece of rope. They made camps
nights out of cakes of ice; had no fire
or bed-clothes of any kind. Their
clothing would be frozen to the ice after
lying down a short time, which made it
tough job to get up again. The letter
giving this account is from the teacher
of an Indian school on Garden island,
in Lake Michigan. This island is about
fifteen or twenty miles west of the main
land of the Lower Peninsula, and forty
five miles from Mackinaw, and the entire
population consists of Indians and half
breeds. This is the first mail received
since Chicago Inter Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
A Mighty Bear Hunter.

A Sonoma county (Cal) exchange
says: Thomas Porter tells us that Syl-
vester Scott visited his Buckeye ranch
one week ago last Friday, and that up
to that time on a single hunt he had
killed thirteen bears and one panther.
Mr.. Scott is the most successful bear
hunter in California, and his fame has
gone forth far beyond the State of his
adoption. A hunt with Scott on the
trail of bruin is an event of interest III
the life of the most experienced sports
man Mr.. Scott is farmer apd stock
raiser, and quite character in his way.
He is an old settler in Sonoma, having
raised family on ranch in the mount
aims. Although about 40 years of age,
he has done his share in reclaiming and
populating the wilderness. He and two
of his neighbors have built school
house for their district and furnished
its census roll, which comprises thirty
nine children; SCOTS contribution is
fourteen. He and his boys, by their
own labors, have fenced his ranch, COM
prising in one tract 1000 acres. Dur
ing the idle winter months Scott always
INDUCES his passion for bear hunting.
He has a pack of twenty-five trained
hounds, and when he starts on the trail
he scours the mountains for miles about
his stock, until not trace of the pres
ence of live bear can be found. A
campaign frequently lasts for month,
seldom less than ten days or fortnight,
and rarely results in the killing of less
than dozen bears. Scott is most re-
markable pedestrian. Put O'Leary or
Weston beside him on trail of bear
in the hills and he will walk their legs
off, and break every bone in their bodies
in a day. He always goes on foot, keeps
up with the hounds, and is on hand to
close with brlin as soon as the dogs
bay him. How he gets over the ground
so fast is mystery, and how he slides
down rocky and precipitous descents, as
he does every day when on the trail,
without ever being injured, is a wonder
to his companions. A couple of En-
glish tourists accompanied him on his
last hunt. On their return they were
loud in their admiration and wonder,
one of them declaring that in following
a sportsman's bent around the world he
had never met such another hunter, nor
experienced such exciting sport else
where.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
He Didn't Pass.

Last week was examination week in
most of the schools, and the boy who
passed" can easily be selected from the
boy who didn't. One OF those who
didn't was on Saturday intrenching
himself on Ledyard street behind a
snowbank, seemingly waiting some ones
arrival, and man who had observed
his preparation inquired
Making ready to have some fun,
bub?"
well, it may be fun for me, but it'll
be tough on the other fellow was the
reply,
Then you are expecting to have a
fight?'
"I just am that The school teacher
marked me down to fifty-seven because
/ said Russia bound Lake Erie on the
west, and now when her brother comes
along I'm going to bound him on all
sides with the biggest licking white
headed boy ever got.'-Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
Another California Story.

A correspondent of the Visalia Call
Delta furnishes this queer paragraph
"A boiling spring has been discovered
between the Polvadero and Los Gatos
creeks. An ingenious individual has APP
piled for the water right, and has con-
structed a clothes-wringer, to be run by
a water-wheel ut one side of the spring,
where it boils over into another of clear
cold water, in which the proprietor has
placed sack of indigo. The ranchers
of the settlement resort to the spring to
do their washing. The clothes are
thrown into the water, which has a
wbIrling motion, and are drawn in
out of sight. In about five minutes
they come to the surface, float to the
wringer, and are run through into the
other spring, where they are rinsed by
passing through another wringer. In
less than thirty minutes the washing is
done, and the rancher is on his way
home rejoicing. His happy wife meets
him at the door, hangs the clothes out
to dry, which takes but short tune,
and the washing is DONE"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28

A BRIDE wnited two hours after the
time appointed for wedding in Goshen,
Ohio, but the bridegroom did not come.
Ii was decided to send for him before
dismissing the guests. He was found
at home with one side of his face shaved.
and 40 nervous that he had not been
able to WELD the razor any longer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.
by HENRY W. LoSGFELLow.


Il II so far from thee
Thou canst no longer see
In the chamber over the gate
That old man desolate,
Weeping and wailing sore
For his son, who IL no moreg
Oh, Absalom, my sonl
Is IL so long ago
That cry of human woe
From the walled city came,
Calling on his dear name,
That IL has died away
In the distance of today
oh, Absaiom, my son!
There IL no far nor near,
There Is neither there nor here,
There is neither soon nor late,
In that chamber over the gate,
Nor any long ago
To the cry of human woe,
oh, Absalom, my son!
From the ages that are past
The voice comes like blast,
over seas that. wreck and drown,
Over tumult OF traffic and town;
And from ages yet to be
Come the echoes back to me,
Oh, Absalom, my sonl
Somewhere at every hour
The Waterman on the tower
Looks forth. and secs the fleet
Approach of the hurrying feet
OF messengers, that bear
The tidings of despair.
Oh, Absalom, my sonl
He goes forth from the door,
Who shall return no more.
With him our JOY departs;
The light goes out in our hearts;
In the chamber over the gate
We sit disconsolate.
Oh, Absalom, my sonl
That tits common grief
BrinGeth but slight relief;
Ours is the bitterest loss
Ours is the heaviest cross;
And forever the cry will be,
would God i had died for thee,
Oh. Absalom, my sonl"
tic Monthly for March.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28

THE Japanese house. which vas
great attraction Mt the Exhibition was
knocked down at $3.50. The duties
paid on the material of which il was
composed amounted to $1,000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-28
BAYARD TAYLOR.
BY JOHN aREEsLEAP WHITTIER.


For us he wandered through strange lands and old;
We saw the world through him. The Arabs tent
TO him its story telling secret lent,
And pleased, We listened 10 the tales he told.
His task. beguied with song that shall endure,
In manly honest thoroughness he wrought.
From humble home lays 10 the heights OF thought
Slowly he climbed but every step was sure
How With the generous pride that friendship hath,
We who 40 loved him. saw a, last the crown
OF civic honors on his brows pressed down.
Reioiced and knew not that the gift was death.
And now Tor him. whose praise in deafened carr
Two nations speak, We answer but with tears.
II.
Oh. Vale of Chester. trod by him so oft,
Green thy June turf keep his memory. Let
Nor wood, nor dell nor stored stream forget
Nor winds T. blow round lonely Cedarcroft'
Let the home voices greet him in the far.
Strange land that holds him: let the messages
OF love pursue him DER the chartless seas
And unmapped vastness of his unknown star
Loves language. heard beyond the loud discourse
OF perishable fame. in every sphere
itself interprets and its utterance here
Somewhere in Gods unfolding universe
Shall reach our traveller. sottenng the surprise
of his rapt gaze unfamiliar skies!
-iuaHtic NOnthty.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-03-25
Catching Cold.

"Colds are among the unsolved
medical problems. They used TO be
thought due to the suppression of the
excretions of the skin but this takes
place whenever the surface is exposed
to cold, and often without harm and
colds are sometimes taken when only q
few square inches of surface are ex-
posed. It is q fact, too, that men and
animals may be vanished without pro-
ducing the symptoms Of cold.
Still, the ordinary medical view is
that the passing OF of effete matter from
the skin being checked, the blood is al
tered in character. The corrupted blood
then in its turn affects the heat-regu-
lating apparatus.
A cold is q slight fever. 1t begins
with chilly sensation, followed by
heat. The fever runs its course in a
day or two. Like other fevers, how
ever, it may have various complications.
Hence, rheumatic pains, headache, nasal
catarrh, sore throat, catarrh of the in
testines, herpes Id6i0tis (eruptions
around the mouth).
Sweating, whether by medicines ad-
ministered internally Oh otherwise, is the
main reliance for Fastening cure. But
the pores should be kept somewhat open
by warm clothing, or the heat of warm
room for several days, during which
there should be no exposure. -- Youth =
Companion.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-03-25
Curious Facts.

The word purse originally meant
receptacle for arms, and was not in
vented to mean simply place OF safety
for money.
Gloves were introduced into England
in the tenth century, but were only
used by the wealthy people, and we're
considered very valuable. As New
Years gifts they were quite popular, or
sometimes glove-money 'in place OF
them. ''Pin- money" originated in
somewhat the same manner. Pins were
so costly that money spent or laid aside
for them was called pin-money, and
it became so important that it grew into
the name of dover. which was settled
upon the lady at her marriage.
Altar Of roses was discovered by acci-
dent. The wife Of an Eastern
mogul had small canal OF rose water,
and as she was walking one day upon
its banks, she noticed thin film upon
the water, which proved to be an oil
made by the heat Of the sun. The
Egyptians were very famous in the
manufacture of perfumes, and at the
museum in AlDwick there is some oint-
ment preserved in an slabaster vase
which still has q very powerful odor,
notwithstanding it must be between
1000 and 5000 years old.
The word hermit comes from Greek
word meaning desert place, because
deserts were generally sought in order
to avoid persecution.
Sandwiches were named from Lord
Sandwich. It is related of him, that
one day in gambling-house, being
very much fascinated by play, for twen-
ty five hours he was unconscious Of
fatigue and hunger, when suddenly,
becoming aware of them, he ordered
some food to be brought, which proved
to be some beef and two slices OF bread.
Placing them together he ate them.
His friends gave them the name Of
sandwiches, and in his memento he de-
clared this act to be the most import
ant one of his administration.
Fortnight comes from the Anglo
Saxons, who counted time by night, and
means fourteen nights.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-03-25

disbelieving the clock-for no better rea.
son than that the clock was the witness
which asserted the prisoners guilt
He had worried everybody with his in.
cessant inquiries he had discovered
the absence of the house maid after the
trial had begun and he had started of
to interrogate the girl, knowing nothing
and suspecting nothing-simply deter
mined to persist in the one everlasting
question with which he persecuted
every body: "The clock is going to
hang my brother; can you tell me any
thing about the clock 2"
-Four months later the mystery OF the
crime was cleared up. One Of the dis
reputable companions of the murdered
man confessed on his deathbed that he
had done the deed. There was nothing
interesting or remarkable in the circum-
stances. Chance, which had put inno-
cence in peril. had offered impunity to
guilt. An infamous woman, a Jealous
quarrel and an absence at the moment
of witnesses on the spot-these were
really the commonplace materials which
had composed the tragedy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-03-25
The Meainal Iee.Haf

DR.. Richardson believed ttat by icing
blood that went through the carotids te
the brain, and blood that came back
through the jugulars, we should direct
" lower the temperature OF the brain
itself; and probably it may have been
done experimensally, but in practice it
was not found easy to dc. It was difi-
cult to keep any kind OF cravat or
collar that was tried, filed with ice,
round the neck Of the patient; it slipped
off. and the old India rubber bag or ice
helmet. SO well known In lnnatic asy-
lums, had to be resorted to. After
time Mr.. Thornton combined q particu-
lar form of cap which answers the pur-
pose extremely well. A pail OF water
with large lump of ice in it is placed
above the bed of the patient, and the
stream OF ice water runs through the
cap, which is formed Of a coil Of India
rubber tubing lined with linen. That
is placed upon the patients head, and
is made of different sizes and shapes to
fit the patient; the other extremity OF
the tube is put intoa second pail at the
side OF the bed, and by this means the
head is iced. The effect in lowering
temperature is very marked, the Their
mometer in almost all instances indicat-
ing q fall of temperature within an
hour, il the temperature be rising ii ia
checked, and III very high u cum be
owered, and 40 time Is gained lor the
recovery Of the patient. -~Scieni{ fe
An16ricQa.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-03-25
ITEHs OF INTEREST.

A man of pluck-The fowl-stripper.
Every bakers shop has the stomach
cake.
This is the walking year, the next win
be leap year.
The chief necessity of the season
Handkerchief.
The average size Of the farms in the
United States is 153 acres.
In Siam the penalty for lying is to
have the mouth sewed up.
g Mischief, thou art a foot I" ex-
| claimed the man Of many corns.
Diphtheria is regarded as the most
atal of all the diseases Of children.
Your professional pedestrian may be
said to be man who profits by his ex-
tremities.
Dancing has been introduced into the
army. Probably you have heard Of its
squad-drills.
Some malignant slanderer says
"Woman needs no eulogist, for she
speaks for herself.
As rule leather men are no better
than other people though they have
both inner and outer soles.
There is a very suggestive proverb
which declares that g There are great
many asses with short ears
Which is the most wonderful animal
in farmyard7 A pig 5; because he's
killed first and cured afterwards.
II may be healthy to take walk on
an empty stomach, but we pity that
man who has to furnish the stomach.
The origin of electing members by
ballot came from the Grecians. When
member was to be elected, each mem
Der threw small crumb Of bread into
a basket, carried by a servant on his
head, and whoever differed, fsttened
the pellet at one side.
Of Mr.. Shelley, nephew Of the
poet, Mr.. Conway tells an interesting
story: This gentleman, while search
ing for adventures IN Africa, got among
tribe whom he found suffering poverty
for want of little knowledge about
cattle breeding, agriculture and other
things which he was competent to give.
He remained with them for while,
taught them what they most needed,
and as matters began to improve the
Africans desired to worship him as a
god descended among them. Mr.. Shell
ley's only trouble was that they 60
loaded him with their favors and en-.
vironed him with their devotion that he
could not get away. The one thing
they would not hear of was his leaving.
IL having become necessary that he
should return to England, he was
forced to have recourse to stratagem.
He proposed to go on an expedition
with mounted company, and, carrying
these with him to point not far from
an English colony, he got up silently in
the night and rode off furiously, making
good his escape.