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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-08

less pamphlets. About 100000 pub
lications of the latter class alone are
distributed daily. There are thou
sand Democratic clubs in the State
outside Of great cities-more than
ever before. As the Republicans
have about .iven up Indiana, Chair
man jewell saying only yesterday in
the presence of Times correspond
ent, that the fight would have 10 be
in New York, these facts are of con-
siderable interest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-08
Announcement.

RY request IF many voters of both 10
ID litical parties, hereby announce N.Y.
self as an independent candidate Tor the
office of
SHERIFF. or THURS TON COUNTY.
to be voted for at the coming November
election. b. +. BROWN.
Tenino, W. r., Oct 4, 1850. I'd
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-08

NOTICE is hereby given that my wife,
board, without cause. l therefore forbid
sll persons harboring or trusting her on
my account, as shall pay no debts of her
contracting ter this date.
co.,. JOSEPH RUSSELL.
Cowlltz Prnirie, Sept. 3, 1880.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-08
ance book,
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February 6, 1880.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
Advice to Young Men.

The wisest and the most thinking men
among us believe that we are entering on
the most prosperous times ever seen in
these States III this is true all will
share in the prosperity, and many of the
young men in this congregation will in
time become millionaires. The temp
tation to narrow down the sympathies in
order to grow rich while we neglect God
is great, and 1 want to plead that we
shall not fall into this snare. Young men
ought to think of taking to themselves
wives and rearing families, as if such
things were near at hand, instead
of being i'll the distant future,
and young women should have
other thoughts than of silks,
Jewels, balls and parties. A man does
not want to marry musical box, and
young women should prepare themselves
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

The Little Pet.

shLEcrED III AUNT LUCY.
Tn Just bit lAssie, with lassie's winning
And worth my weight in solid gold, my Uncle John
ME says.
My curly little noddle holds thir bleful OF sense;
Not quite nncb Solomon's-but his was 30 i'm
mensei
know that sugar-plums are sweet, that "no, my
love, means "yes;'
That when I'm big IN always wear my pretty Sun
day dress.
And can count Teven, six, nine, ave-and say my
A, &c;
Now, have you any tany, dear, that you could give
I'm Bridgets torment of her life, that makes her
brain run Wild,
And mammals daring little En-" md grandma's
"precious child"
And Uncle Johnnie's "touch me not" and pspa's
EGYPTIAN Queen;"
make them stand about, you know; that must be
what they mean.
For opening hard, old, stony hearts, have two
precious keys:
The one ia, "Ohl thank you, sir" the other, II
you pleaselr
And, II these do not answer, know another trick;
squeeze two mighty tear-drops out-that meits em
pretty quick.
I'm sweet any lily bed, and sweeter, too, spose;
But that's why shouldn't rumple my
best clothes.
Oh! would be angel, II IN angel never cries,
Nor soils it, pretty pinafore making nice dirt pies?
I'm but n little lassie, with thmbleful OF SENSE
And ~ to being very wise, I'd best make no pre-
tense:
But, when l woman grown, now, don't you
think I'lld do,
II only just about good as dear mamma and you?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

As much as warts and corns may be
thought to resemble each other, they
are quite different i'll origin. character
and means of cure. A corn is simply a
thickening and hardening of the scarf
skin, or epidermis. 1t is always caused
by pressure, and is removed only by the
removal of the pressure. And we may
here state that, so absolutely are they
thus removed, a protracted period of
sickness will gradually lift them wholly
out of the flesh.
A wart, on the contrary, belongs to
the skin, proper-the vcrd cutis-and
consists of an abnormal growth of one
or more papille, in which the nerves or
blood vessels terminate. For this rea-
son, while the substance of n corn is ms
insensible as that of the finger-nail, the
substance of wart is peculiarly sensi-
tive beneath the scarf-skin which covers
the head of the papille, and which these
carry with them as they push upward
In most cases, as the equalized action
of the parts is restored they go off of
themselves. They can be speedily re-
moved, however, by touching them re-
peatedly with nitrate of silver, or by APP
plying nitric acid to their extremities.
Care should be taken not To touch the
adjacent skin.
Many superstitious notions prevail re-
speeding the cure of warts, among the
people. They have been handed down
from the remotest times, when supersti-
ton had more to do with medical meth
DDS generally than true science.
In the aged, when the cuticle is hard,
the epithetical cells, instead of develop
ing upward, develop downward into the
tissues, and give rise to painful tumors,
which the physician alone can eradicate.
Sometimes "moles tend TO enlarge
and become painful. A little nitric acid
applied to them few times will arrest
the tendency. - Youths Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
No Place Like Home.

Home! No, "Theres no place like home. y
Poets, in their sweetest strains have sung of
home orators have expended their eloquence
stranger-land dreams of home and loved ones,
and the shy maid yet in her teens builds air
castles of home in the near future, where she
shall reign as Queen-provided dear MIR. H
(hes awful rich, they say asks her to make him
the happiest of men-but alas, that reality
should 30 often come short of the ideal
am a lover of poetry and admire bonnie
Scotia's bards. Not Robert Burns alone, but
others also, almost his equal. Take, if you
please, "The Temple of Nature by David We'd
DER
Talk not of tempes-there is one,
Built without hands, to manki given;
Its lamps are the meridian sun,
And all the stars Of heaven;
It's walls are the ceruan sky,
It's floor the earth green an d fair;
The dome its vast immensely
All nature worships there
The Alps arrayed in stainless snow,
The Andean ranges yet untrod,
At sunrise and at sunset glow
Like altar fires to God.
A thousand fierce volcanoes blaze
As if with halowed victims rare,
And thunder lifts its voice in praise -
All nature worships there!
The ocean hcaves resistlessly,
And pours his Offering treasures forth;
His waves-the priesthood of the
Kneel on the shell-gemmed earth,
And there emit hollow sound,
Az if they murmured praise and prayer;
On every side It's holy ground
All nature vorships there
The cedar and the mountain pine.
The willow on the fountains brim,
The tulip and the Byzantine
In reverence bend II Him.
The song birds pour their sweetest lays
From tower, and tree, and middle air,
The rushing river murmurs praise
All nature worships there.
JAMIE DEE.
WA KEENEY, Kan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

PRESIDENT HAYES, in recent CONVEX
sation, expressed his belief that the last
half of his administration had been as
pleasant and free from perplexities and
troubles as ever falls TO the lot OF an in
cumbent of the Presidential chair. Sat
the outset, he said, "there were mis-
understandings and misapprehensions,
but in general good degree OF harmony
now exists, and the administration of at
fairs is, on the whole, such as meets APP
prevail. 1 have often been accused OF
taking optimistic views; but l think
throughout the country in general there
has been u revival of just such views the
past twelve months, and / am not sure
but that everybody is better off for hav-
ing taken hopeful and reasonable views
of the future of this great country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

The business boom has ut length
struck the life insurance companies.
There are thirty three companies in the
State of New York; their assets have in
creased $l0,6S5,610 during the past
year; of this about half is called for by the
reserve on policies, SO that the surplus is
So, 205, 200 greater than year since; and
this after paying losses and claims to the
amount of $31, 661, 500 during the year,
and returning dividends to the amount of
$13, 479,613. The most gratifying ex-
hibit, however, is the large decrease in
the number of lapsed and surrendered
policies; these have decreased from over
$21 900, 600 in 1876 to 81, 600 in
1879 The Importance of life insurance
to the country may be estimated when
it is known that the actual fund held
for the relief of families is over $411,-
100000, and that provision is made for
the future of over 600, 600 families.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
The Problem of Suicide.

Two young Englishmen were going
ashore i'll boat from a merchant vessel
in Chinese port One of the two had
leveled his revolver, for amusement, at
some object ON the beach, when, just as
he pulled the trigger, the other leaned
across and received the whole charge in
his head. As soon as the poor fellow
saw that he had killed his friend he put
the pistol to his own brow and fell dead
by his side. Was he right, or splendidly
wrong? This happened A. ID. 1880, and
about the year $50 b. @. Adrastus, the
son of Georgias, the son of Midas, hav-
ing first killed his own brother by acct
dent at home, and then, with javelin
aimed at wild boar, the favorite son of
his kind patron, Cresus, who, warned
by dream, had placed his darling un-
der his special charge, waited till there
was silence and solitude after that most
lamentable funeral, and, "knowing
within himself that of all men he ever
heard of he was the most burdened with
calamities, slew himself upon the tomb. "
The University Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
ALAMO, Ind.


Did you ever consider the accomplished
wife?" While at school, the young ladies
rejoice in drawing, painting and music teach
ing; under the hands of these the students
pass. Sometimes French is studied AZ an
accomplishments; also, dancing may be taught.
The result il, often, after the learned
daughter has been absent from her fond
parents, they look with pity to the day she will
return to cheer her parents and friends. She
returns, we often learn others Of our acquaint-
ance have become, polished She can play
six pieces on the piano. has executed three
pieces OF drawing or painting, which papa buys
frames for and hangs on exhibition to visitors.
She has learned to dance, and has achieved a
free run of nineteen French phrases, which
would be impossible for her to pronounce cor
rectly. So far there has been nothing but show.
The true principle has not been comprehended,
and she has nothing in her hand, not even the
instruments for winning the accomplishments
which she and her friends imagine she pos
sesses. We know few of such, and hear of
thousands. They are at last picked up by in
fatuated young men, and made wives and house.
keepers. We call upon and zee such wives every
day. You will zee the schoolgirls efforts in
drawing transplanted from the old home, where
first placed to bloom Oh the walls of the husbands
house, evidence that she was once accomplished.
So we come to the conclusion that she was just
accomplished enough to accomplish her mar
rage, and that, being out of the market, her ac-
compshments could be of no further Use. And
this makes mp the whole round of life Of many
an accomplished young lady. J. W. V.
ISDIANoLA, Texas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

A WASHINGTON correspondent OF the
Louisville COurier-JOuynat gives the
story of the man who had been prom
ised the first vacancy in the Postoffice
Department One day, while lazily
sauntering near the river, he saw dead
man dragged ashore. He looked at the
face and recognized clerk whom he
had known mt the postoffice. He ran all
the way to the department, rushed into
the presence of the Postmaster General,
and demanded his appointment. 81
only promised you place when there
was vacancy" said the Postmaster
General. "There is one" said the ex-
cited individual. :" saw the dead body
of John Jones dragged out of the river. "
Slowly the Postmaster General enun-
ciated the following words, You are too
late. One hour ago the place was given
To the man who saw John Jones when
he fell into the river"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

early in the season. You rake away the dead
leaves with which Providence has kindly pro-
tected your fower-roots through the winter and
spy out all the little tender shoots, then care
fully cover them up, and go away satisfied, or
rather dissatisfied, that summer does not come
faster Next you persuade John Henry to
spade up lettuce bed in the garden, which he
does, but grumbles good deal about il. BY
this time You are cold enough to go in the
house; but the sun looks warm; You put your
furs away in tobacco and haul out and down
your last years lawn and light calicoes, think
ing to "do them up and wondering If you
could get any more like that favorite calico Mt
the store whore you got that, just enough to
make new basque! Now you "tufn in and
take the blankets of the bed for the evenings are
80 warm and nice You won't need them any more
this spring! The next mornings frost blasts all
your fond hopes, and, in disgust with this
changeable climate, you cover your lettuce bed
with piece of old carpet and conclude to Let
spring come ut its own sweet will.
Who was it wanted rhyme for woman
Here in one credited to Shakespeare
man who has u tongue IL no man
IL with that tongue he cannot win woman.
M. 4. B.
Ia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

In old times it was the custom of ply
sicians to darken sick-rooms most care
fully. No doubt in acute nervous dis
eases, where the least ray of light over
excites the visual organs, this darkening
of the room is necessary. But DIR.
Richardson, an eminent English writer,
says that ordinarily to keep light out of
the room is to deprive the patient of one
of the vital forces. Children or old
people condemned to live III darkness
are pale and wan, exactly like those
plants which, deprived of light, grow
white. Darkness in the daytime un-
doubtedly makes the blood flow less
strongly, and checks the beating of the
heart, and these conditions are precisely
such as bring constitutional suffering
and disease. The suppression of the
light of day actually increases those
contagious maladies which feed on I'M
cleanliness. DR.. Richardson states 81
once found by experiment that certain
organic poisons, analogous to the poi
sons which propagate these diseases, are
eredinnocuous by exposure to light. "
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
Cyclones.
JAMIE DEE.

Each year now brings its deadly wind
storm in the Western States, and usu-
ally it comes early in June. In that
month of last year twenty deaths were
caused by tornado that swept through
Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska In
June, 1879, 100 persons were killed and
wounded at Richmond, Mo-, and in
June, 1878, nearly score of lives were
lost and 800, 600 damage was done in
Mount Carmel, III. The Wallingford
cot. storm, which caused the loss of
over thirty lives, was early in August,
1878. Terrible as these disasters seem
to us, they sink into insignifcance
beside II very recent wind-storm which
caused one of the most awful
calamities ever recorded in the
history of the world, and yet which has,
we venture to say, completely passed
away from the generality of even the
usually well-informed. On Oct. 81,
1876, Bengal was visited by cyclone
which caused the death of 215,0O0 per-
sons, by creating wave which entirely
submerged three islands. This state
ment is based on official returns from
each police section in the districts swept
by the deadly wind and waves, and is
probably short of the truth. In 1864 a
Bengal cyclone caused the death of
$4,000 people. Such figures and facts as
these emphasize rather the nothingness
of man than the value and sacredness of
human life, and seem n scathing sarcasm
on the Justice of nature.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

for good American wives. Another rea-
son why people are not rich toward God
Is the idea men entertain that they
should leave large provisions for their
families. 1t Is better for the children
that they should build up their own
fortunes. Rich mems sons are not likely
to be worth more than their fathers gave
them. The wealthy young American
goes to Paris or London, gets lot of
veneer and looks down on all American
institutions. l saw them in Paris in
l87S.-hev. Robert COIlyer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

MISS HILL sued Mr.. Harrison, at Say
brook, CT, for $4,000, because he
failed to keep his promise of marriage.
She testified that she was 81 years old
and he So. She loved him, she said,
Notwithstanding the difference in their
ages, though she was greatly shocked
when she learned how old he really was
She supposed him to about 40 until he
took off black, curly wig, and showed
a small remnant of gray hair. She
tainted at the sight, but afterward be-
came reconciled TO him. Then he in
turn grew cool.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

The fashion now introduced of wearing
lively colors makes the ladies look gay as
rainbows in summer. Hats of gold, red
and yellow, give even matronly faces a
younger look, and make young girls very
kissable. Robes are dashed with colors,
too, and altogether the flowers will, this
summer, have decided rivals in hues. No
doubt all this gay costuming will pro-
mote marriage, and marriage will help
develop the country, and thus add to
the prosperity and greatness of the re-
public.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

The property of the city of Paris,
which comprises all buildings devoted to
public use, is estimated mt i milliard and
50, 10000 of francs ($210, 400, 900. The
total number of these edifces is 760,
among which are included the Hotel de
Vile, valued at 81, 500, 900 francs; 20 Of
fetal residences of the Mayors, about
9. 900. 900 francs each; rs churches,
temples, and synagogues, in which ST.
Roach figures for 16,500, 900, st. Ger
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

times may be growing brighter, :"
but with gas, coal and ice mt extortion-
ate prices, and all necessaries of life
rising in cost, some people find it hard
to realize the fact. When certain arti-
cles are in the hands of monopoly
without conscience, it makes the pub
lie query if law should not step in, and
in some measure regulate the price.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

A GaoToN On. Y. man claims to have
invented n smoke-burner. The inven-
ton in question consists of q peculiar
fan or exhaust blower, which draws the
smoke, heat and gases from the smoke
chamber and returns the same under the
CRATE bars of the furnace, a proper
amount of fresh cir being admitted to
complete combustion, thereby saving
from Is to % per cent. in fuel, which is
no trihing matter to a manufactures.
This makes the ninety-ninth alleged
perfect and complete smoke-burner that
has been invented.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

The New York journals are getting
alarmed at the near prospect OF the
opening of the enlarged Welland canal.
The enlargement will enable vessels of
l, 800 to 1000 tons burden to pass from
Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. This
ought to enable vessels TO load ut Chi
cago direct for Liverpool. In any event
it is certain to divert vast amount of
Western product from the Erie canal.
1t is now proposed to entirely remove
the tolls from the latter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

NJ. d. CONWAY, in his book on
"Demonology," finds modified species
of devil worship still existing in En-
gland. He cites this among other ex-
amples of superstitious terror which
rule unscientifc minds "a lady re-
siding in Hampshire, England, recently
said to friend of the present writer,
both being mothers, DO you make
your children bow their heads whenever
they mention the devils name 2 1
do she added, solemnly; Il think it
safer -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

How these warm, bright days in March, as
still such days will come, give the "spring fe
ver!" There Is much spring work to be done,
both indoors and ont. First, you put on your
sun-bonnet and go out to the hower-beds,
which. of course, don't look very promising so
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
Michigan salt.

The increase in the salt product for
Michigan is one of the most notable
features of progress. This industry has
now risen to the rank of the second salt
producing section of the United States,
and its capacity is far from being
reached. An accurate computation of
the producing capacity of the State
shows that the total number of salt
wells in operation in 1879 was 169. The
salt product of that year WIS 2, 055, 040
barrels, which gives an average of IL, 100
barrels to each well. The number of
new wells that will be put in operation
during the present year is fifty-four, the
production of which, computed Mt the
average of the old wells, will be SOC, $40
barrels. Taking this as basis we find
the following as the probable product
for the year 1880:
Barrels produced in 1872 055, 040
Add increase. 60b,t4O
81
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

In the home of Senator Carpenter, of
Wisconsin, at Washington, is spinning
wheel which has been in Mrs. Carpen-
ter's family 200 years, and was used by
her grandmother and great-grandmother.
Miss Lillian Carpenter, who is fine vo-
calist, uses this when she sings Margue-
rites spinning-wheel song from ''Faust."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07

TIE report that the Rev. Ezra ID.
Winslow, the fugitive Boston forger, is
living at Buenos Ayres is confirmed.
His assumed name is Daniel Warren
Lowe, and he lately married Miss
Clark, aged 10, though he has a wife in
Boston. He became an active member
of Protestant church and Superintend-
ent of its Sunday school soon after his
arrival in Buenos Ayres. but was ex-
PEELED when his identity was established.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-07
abe 1ta, gorthssast.


NEAL Dow, of Portland, Me-, evl-
IDENTITY means to keep up his temperance
fight to the last. He lately saw some
bottles of malt bitters in druggists
window in Portland, made complaint,
and had the bitters seized, and also a
quart of alcohol found on the premises.