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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11
The CruiSe of a BOtfle.


The bottle picked up on South beach
near Fort Morgan, at the entrance O
Mobile bay, tells an interesting story o
the winds and waves. This waif wa
thrown off the ship Hesperia, bound t.
London from South Australia, as she
was just south of the Azores (about lati
tude 81 deg. north and longitude 28 deg
west), on May II, 1878, and was report
ed from the Alabama coast on the 22C
inst. 1t must, therefore, have beer
drifting little over two years, which Il
has consumed in making the circuit Of
the equatorial Atlantic and the Mexican
gulf.
The course pursued by this little
"tally put upon the winds by Mr..
Wragge, scientific voyager in the Hes
peria, can be pretty accurately deter
mined. During the month of May, 1873,
when the bottle was committed to the
sea, the barometric observations i'll the
Atlantic demonstrate the prevalence OF
large area of high pressure 5000
inches) in the region south of the Azores,
and around its northern side a strong
band of westerly and northwesterly
winds drawing in the anti-cyclonic di-
rection. During the first twenty days
of its voyage the bottle was under the
pressure of these westerly and northerly
winds and the consequent ocean current
which they induced, so that its inevita-
bic course was toward the island of Ma
deira and the Canaries, and thence
enthusiastically off the Cape Verde into
the north equatorial current In 1S43
Capt. Beecher, of the royal navy, chart
ed a number of probable tracks pursued
by bottles thrown out to test the rate of
the equatorial current, and the mean
rate at which they travelled in the ma
rine area was ten and three-tenths miles
per day. He also found that bottles
thrown off into the north equatorial
drift travelled much slower than those
started from points nearer the equator
and in the axis of the northeast trade
wind belt. Thus bottle thrown over
from the ship Racehorse in latitude II
deg. II min., longitude 50 deg. 80 min,
April II, 1886, was picked up April %
at Bonaire, having made $50 miles in
five days. But bottle thrown from
the ship Dunmore in 1923, in latitude
% deg. min. and longitude % deg, on
the northeastern margin of the Sargasso
sea, reached Cuba, distance of 5000
miles in 437 days, making an average of
less than nine miles day. The bottle
from the Hesperia, just picked up on
the Mexican gulf coast, was approx
mately under the same wind and wave
influences which bore the Dunmore's
wait, and hence the former, traversing
the equatorial current and passing
through the Caribbean sea into the
Gulf of Mexico, making total circuit
of $500 miles, travelled at about the
same mean rate-eight miles day.
This bottle cruise, performed unnoticed
amid the trackless wastes of the equato-
rial seas, though no living soul can tell
of its vicissitudes and variations from
lay to day, declares the regularity of
oceanic circulation, and its history will
be highly priced by navigators and ge-
York Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11
A Town Noted for It's Old People,

Probably no town in the State OF New
York of equal population has as large
a proportion of old people as the town
of Hampstead, l.. L. The oldest per-
son in the township lives Mt Far Rocka-
way. Her name is Mrs. John'Wellstead,
aged 101 years. She is still an active
woman, enjoys good health and attends
to her various domestic duties daily.
William Bavlis, of Plaintield, is %, and
his wife is o. Mrs. Abraham Scott, of
Lawrence, is 81 She still enjoys good
health. Mrs. Christopher Snedeker, OF
Hampstead village, Is 81 Jacob Shaw,
of East Meadow, is 90 Timothy Doxey,
of Pearsall's, 90; Zachariah Story, of
Christian Hook, %; Uriah Bedell, of
East Meadow, %; Solomon Wanser, of
Westville, 90, Nathaniel Smith, of
Hampstead village, go /; Thomas Smith,
of FreepYrt, 81 his wife, 90; Benjamin
Barton, of Rockville, 81, never married !;
Early Granger, of Springfield, 90; Will
lara 7. Hicks, of Westville, is 80. with
hardly gray hair III his head, aid is as
spry a boy. Mrs. Joseph Smart, of
Freeport, is in her seth year. She does
not know what it is to be sick, and reads
without glasses. Charles Petit, OF Hemp
stead village, is 81 /; Mrs. Sarah Sanford,
of Baldwin, is SO; DR.. John Davidson,
of Hampstead village, is 81, and still at
tends to q large practice.
Daniel Smith, of Merrick, is Sc, and
his wife SO. He is still hearty man,
and works ten hours day on his farm
They were married on his return from
the War of 1912, sixty-six years ago, and
have raised family of eight sons and
Pearsalls, is SO, and his wife is sc; Mrs.
Rhoda Wright, of Valley Stream, is So.
She has lived in her present home fifty
three years. Thomas Shore, of Pear
sails, was born in June, 1900. Cornwall
Abrams, % Pearsall's, is so, and still fol-
lows the bay. He gathered oysters
all last winter, and during the fall was
employed as night Waterman on the
oyster beds at East Rockaway.-NeU
! York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

An eminent bankers wife of -,
N. Y, has induced the proprietors of
that great medicine, Hop Bitters, to Of
fer $500 in prizes to the youngest child
that says Hop Bitters plainly, in any
language, between May 1, 1880, and
July 4, 1881. This is a liberal and in
teresting offer, and everybody and his
wife should send 2-cent stamp to the Hop
Bitters Mfg Co.. Rochester, N. Y, q. s.
A., for circular, giving full particulars,
and begin at once to teach the children to
say Hop Bitters and secure the prize.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

Mrs. Jane Ct. Swisshelm, in her new
book entitled "Half Century" gives
the following account of the origin OF
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Mrs. Swiss
helm, giving an account of her first
journey to Washington, says:
81 had letters to the proprietor of
the Irving House, where / took board.
Had others to Col. Benton, Henry Clay
and other great men, but he who most
interested me was DIR. Gamaliel Bailey,
editor of the National Era. The great
want OF an anti-slavery paper at the
capital had been supplied by So sub
scriptions to a publication fund, and
DR.. Bailey called from Cincinnati take
charge of it, and few men have kept
a charge With more care and skill He
and the Era had just passed tho ordeal
OF frightful mob, in which he was
concihatory, unyielding and victorious !;
and he was just then gravely anxious
that the Era should do yeoman service
to the cause which had called it into
ife.
"The Era had large circulation,
and high literary standing, but DIR.
Bailey was troubled about the difficulty
or impossibility of procuring anti-slavery
tales. Mrs. Southworth was writing Sc
rails for it, and he had hoped that she,
a Southern woman with Northern prin-
ciples, could weave into her stories pict-
ures of slavery which would call damag-
ing attention to it, but in this she had
failed
"Anti-slavery tales, anti-slavery tales
4
perance had its story writer in Arthur.
Ii only abolition had good writer of
fiction, one who could interest and edu-
cate the young. He knew of but one
pen able to write what he wanted, and
alas the finances of the Era could not
it. If only he could engage
Mrs. Stowe. / had not heard of her,
md he explained that she was the
laughter of Lyman Beecher. was sur
)rised, and exclaimed
ga daughter of Lyman Beecher
write abolition stories. Saul among the
prophets /!
81 reminded the doctor that Presi-
lent Beecher and Prof. Stowe had
'rol.en up the theological department
If Lane Seminary by suppressing the
agitation raised by Theo-
lere Weld, Kentucky student, and
brew their influence against disturbing
he Congregational churches with the
lew fanaticism that Edward Beecher
invented the organic sin-devil, behind
which churches and individuals took |
efuge when called upon to "come up
o the help of the Lord against the
Mighty" But DR.. Bailey said he knew
hem personally, and that, despite their
public record, they were at heart anti
lavery, and that prudence alone dictat-
d their course. Mrs. Stowe was
,raphic story-teller, had been in Ken
lucky, taken in the situation and could |
describe the peculiar institution as no
ne else could. If he could only enlist !
ler, the whole family would most likely |
ollow into the abolition ranks, but
he bounty money, alas, where could |
lie raise it?
"Where there is q will there is a way,
nd it was but few months after that |
when DIR. Bailey forwarded
100 to Mrs. Stowe, rs retaining fee |
OF her services in the cause of the slave. |
nd 10, the result, Uncle Toms Cabin.
Is it progressed he sent her another and
hen another 500. Was ever money so
veil expended ?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11
In Powder Form.

the reach Of all. BY making the medicine
yourself you can, from a SOC. package con-
tanning the barks, roots and herbs, make two
botAes of the liquid Vegetine. Thousands
will gladly avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity, who have the convenences to make
the medicine. Full directions in every pack
age.
Vegetine in powder form is sold by all
druggists and general stores. II you cannot
buy it of them, inclose fifty cents in postage
stamps for one package; or one dollar for two
packages, and will send it by return mail.
H Il. Stevens Boston. Mass.
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NERVOUS, sleepless and overworked find rest
and nourishment in Malt Bitters.

BONDS worth $4,000 were stolen from
Philadelphia safe, and J. F. Southern,
the clerk in charge, was arrested. Ger
tain circumstances were taken rs strong
evidence against him, and he was COM
mitted for trial. Then John Casey, a
professional thief, came forward, and
not only confessed that he was the thief,
but proved it. He said that he was not
mean enough to let an innocent man be
punished in his stead.
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CONSERVATIVES gain in flesh, strength and
spirits under daily use of Malt Bitters.

ONE OF the natural curiosities of New
ada, according to the Reno Gazette, is a
petritied tree, near Lovelock station,
which measures 600 feet III length and
two feet i'll thickness. Its roots and
most of its branches are still perfect.
The tree is described as lying ON he sur
face of the ground and petritied through
and through from bark to core.
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[St. Louis (Mo. Times L.,

We are sure that 1t is nothing like as bad
to have trouble in the camp, as to have
trouble in the stomach. Thus, Mr.. M. j,
Falk, Kansas City, Mo-, speaks from expe.
rience: For many years, have been an
extreme sufferer from Dyspepsia, and NO
physician could remove this chronic trou-
BILE. finally resorted TO the use of the
Hamburg Drops, and have been helped
wond erfully.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

Or. c. T.. SHOEMAKER, the well-known aural
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail,
free of charge, valuable little book OH deafness
and diseases of the ear-especally on running
satisfy the most skeDtical Address as above.
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TChicago Evening Journal. |

The Hon. Leonard SWEET, the great law
yer of the Northwest, was cured of rheuma-
tism and neuralgia by 81. Jacobs Oil. In an
interview article upon the matter, the Jour
nal representative says he felt as have many
others before, that st. Jacobs Oil, the Great
German Remedy, is the best and most thor
ough conqueror of pain the world has ever
known
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

HE held a seductive-looking piece Of jewelry
in his hand as he kept calling-"only % cents
and did You ever see anything so cheapY
eyes" roared one of the crowd-"Dr. Bulls
Baby Syrup is the cheapest and best remedy
known for children"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

A LEADING hotel in Dundee, Scotland,
furnished throughout with furniture
made in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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In Lee county, Ga., while Anthony
McConn, colored man, was at church,
his residence burned down and his three
children with it. 1t is believed that an
1ncendiary started the fire.
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LYoN's Heel Stiffeners keep boots and shoe
straight Sold by shoe and hardware dealers
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A Household Need.

book on the Liver. its diseases and their
treatment, sent free. Including treatises upon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bill
iousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia.
Malaria, etc. Address DR.. Sanford, 1862 Broad
way, New York city, n. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

New ORLEANS papers state that from
the present outlook magnificent crop
of sugar will he harvested this season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

PHYSICAL. incapacity from loss Of power, caus-
ing depression, is cured by Medetr
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

IT is said that four million packages Of Fraser
Axle Grease were sold in 1879 and we believe it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

Meietur restores strength and vitality to tho
muscular tissues and morbid organism.
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The VOltaic IBelt CO.. Marshall, Mich,
Will send their Electro-Votaic Belts to the af-
hicted upon thirty days trial. See their adver-
tisement in this paper headed, "On Thirty
Days Trial"
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my little dog got behind Bill and bit
him, and Bill kicked ut the dog, and the
dog ran and ran after the dog to fetch
him back, and didn't catch him till L got
home, and I'll whip him more yet. Is
my eve very black 2"
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HOFMANN'S HOP PILLS, ~ specific cure
for Fever and Ague Bousness and Maarial Poisoning
of the Blood, Fifty pills for 80 cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-06-11

G. GrLBERTs Starches are always pure.
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\ CARD To all who suffering from the errors
and ndiscretons of youth Weakness early de-
oay, loss of manhood ETC. will send Recipe that will
cure you, FREE or CHARGE. This great remedy was
discovered by a missionary in South America. Send a
selfaddresscd envelope to the REV. JOSEPH l. ISMAN,
Station d. Ne,c York ,ifU.
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Cuticura Remedies,
Important to the Fair Sex

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY, cures Iercorr-
hoa Cor whites Painful Mcnstruation liberation ova
RAN Diseases Absent Menstruation all diseases known
as female weakness They have been used in England
for years as periodical and regulating pill sold by all
for $780, hv mail free of postage securely scaled.
THE GRAY MED CINE CO.,
Mechanics Block, Detroit, Mich.
Wholesale Agents for u &. 81 Pamphlets sent free
VAN Setback, STEVENSON CO.. Agts., Chicago
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MN nYNCV for the TRADE. Territory given
bUGGlE GsaiHn. s 5ssadsas SRhS

NEXT OF KIN. of Great Britain, Ireladn, &c. A
IN Registry of 20,0O0 Names. Heirs wanted Price 81.
RICHARDSON Co., I'll SAMSON St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
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DR.. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHOLlCON VIII
positively Female Weakness such a. aling OF the
Womb Whitea, Chronic Inflammation or Ulcer ton OF
the Womb Incidental hemorrhage or Flooding PAINFUL
and Irregular mensruaon, dc. An old and
relia lie remedy Send postal card pamphlet. with
treatment cures and cetiiica es from physcians and
patients, TO HOWARTH a BALLARD, UTICA. N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists-Sl5 80 Der bcttlA
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Baby Prizes. 5000.

McLAIN's vERMIFUGE BONBONs for
Worms In Children delicious and never fail TO
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MEN WANTED. reliable man in every
w euY county. Will pay xs5 per month. Write
at once. w. p. WHITCHER CO, Cincinnati Ohio.
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$50 to SIS rEK WEEK easily %sSs
address j. +. CAvARLY Co, p. O. Boz 3l7, New York.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-24
Economy of Full Feeding for Milk.

LARGE yields of milk must necessari-
ly be the result of large quantity of
/ food consumed, for the COW cannot
create milk out of nothing. She is not
miracle worker. But does it follow
that a large product of milk costs more
in proportion to quantity than a medium
yieldP
Now, the COW must be supported
before she gives any milk. After this
food of support all the food she con-
sumes must 90 to the production of
milk or flesh, and if the COW is a good
mixer it all goes to milk-in other
words, after the food of support the ex-
ira food all goes to prOfit-that is, either
to milk or flesh. And it is equally clear
that all the food consumed to support
the system of the animal is lost until
the point of production is reached.
After the producing point is reached
the more the animal can eat, properly
digest and assimilate. above this, the
greater the profit. This would seem to
be too plain to require illustration.
What would any one think of manu-
facturer who used a steam engine for
power, who should say that he could
not afford to furnish fuel - get up
full steam because the last half of the
steam cost more than the first half
Now, if there is only fuel enough
used to heat the water just below the
boiling point, it will consume a good
deal of fuel to do this, but no power
will ever be produced by it and this
fuel is all thrown away. The fuel re-
quired to keep the water heated up to
200 degrees only requires fifty per cent.
added to give 100 pounds steam press
ure and set the machinery all at active
work. 1t is evident that if only half
steam is produced it costs fully three
fourths as much as full steam and con-
sequently all the work that is done
with half power is done at an addi-
tional cost.
just so, when the COW is only fed so
as to produce a half yield of milk, it
costs more than three-fourths as much
as a full yield and the half yield is pro-
duced without profit, or even at loss.
Now, to produce steam most economi-
cally you must have a well-constructed
boiler and engine, but whatever the
boiler may be, it costs less in proportion |
TO work to run it to its fun capacity |.
than to half its capacity. So, |
if you desire to produce milk at the
least cost, you must select COWS with |
the capacity to turn the largest amount
of food into milk-the larger the amount
the more cheaply will the milk be pro-
duced. Of course the best COW is the
one that can digest and assimilate the
most food and turn all the extra food .
into milk, instead of laying on the
flesh and fat. 1t is the business of a
skillful dairyman to select such COWS,
and then make full use of their machin-
cry to secrete milk by full feeding
National LiUe Stock Journal
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-24

THERE is a mistaken notion in regard
to salt adding to the keeping quality OF
butter, the truth being that salt pre-
serves the different substances occupy
ing the inter-spaces between the glob-
ules of butter, for it is fact that no
chemical union ever takes place be-
tween the butter and the salt, and the
long-keeping Danish butter perfectly
worked, but not receiving a particle
of salt, proves the latter is not, so far
as it relates to the keeping of butter, a
preserVative agent and that no amount
of salt will keep butter, unless certain
rules are observed and requirements
met. The papers TEEN with notices of
butter preservatives and inventions to
keep butterindefnitely, but it is probably
long time before any of them will
come into general use, and for years to
come the long-keeping butter will be
found to be an article made from cream
where perfecJ cleanliness was observed
in obtaining 1t and the butter churned
and put into packages under a system
of rules relating to the age of cream,
temperature, and working. Another
fact upon this point is the dropping off
in amount in the quantity of salt that is
now used in packing butter. Formerly
one pound, and even more, OF salt was
thought necessary to preserve sixteen
pounds of butter, but now less than one
half is used and still the keeping quail
ties of butter is being raised, not by the
use OF salt, but by better system of
making and working of the butter.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-24

Such a cheer went up as the carriage
rolled through the gates Mr.. Fair
banks drew Philip closer 10 his heart.
The ten little toes had ceased 10 haunt
him now. They were clad in bright,
warm clothing Of Philips own, and lit
tie Bob's father was carrying home good
news tonight.
A happy evening was spent at 1.-THE
Cedars," but by-and-by the house grew
still. Twelve o'clock struck and Mr..
Fairbanks left the letter he was writing,
TO go and open his window. How ioy.
fully rang out the blessed Christmas
bells! In the distance he heard the
voices of the "Waits ~" Christ was
born in Bethlehem
The ground was white with newly.
fallen snow, few flakes fell on his fore
head like benediction.
Nearer and nearer came the chanting
voices, "Peace on earth to men of good.
will.n
He closed the window softly. "Thank
God for Christmas-day," he said.-N.
Y. Graphic.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-24
TIE DAIRY.

WE have often called attention 70
clover hay as a valuable feed for milch
cows. The large proportion Of nitro
genOus food which II contains adapts IL
20 the wants Of the milch COW. Milk
producers near Chicago feed their COWS
in winter largely on clover hay, and re-
gard It az the best forage for making
milk that they can obtain. No other
kind of forage will produce so large a
proportional yield Of milk. Clover
usually sells for less in the market than
timothy, but the clover is worth much
more TO feed TO cows. Clover hay does
not occupy the place in the estimation
OF farmers that 1t should. It can be
produced without exhausting the soil
in fact the soil is in better condition
after having been cropped with clover
than 1t was before. -BOsiOH Traveller.
The " Barry system" of feeding COWS
is based upon the belief that COW kept
IN close quarters, provided they are clean
and healthy, and fed twice day, will
give more milk and be in better condition
than when fed three times a day. or
ottener. lntOllOwing II, the poorest quail
lLy Of fodder is given first at every meal,
and before this is eAtirely consumed
another of better quality is given, and
finally third of the very best hay.
After the hay is given, roots or other
provender is fed, and in this way the
animal enjoys, on an average, about two
hours at a meal which occurs only twice
during the day, with an interval Of from
six to seven hours between the morning
and evening meal. Wateris given twice
a day.
MAKING BUTTERIE COLD WEATHER.
Strain the milk into pans that have been
previously rinsed in hot water; put it
on the stove for few minutes; then re-
move it to the place in which you usu-
ally keep it, See that it is not too cold.
The next day put it on the stove again,
make it very warm, return it as before
Skim it into an earthern bowl, pour off
the thin cream that viii naturally fall
on the sides; stir every day, the third
day stir it with your hand or butter
ladlei when nearly done pour in the
thin cream by degrees; if with the
former, pour some boiling water on
some bran, rub your hand we'll with it,
then rinse. There are some COWS that
will naturally make frothy cream. and
should be disposed Of The way to try
them is to strain the milk into separate
bowls, skim and stir with spoon.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-24

Mr.. Henry Clay, the. grandson of
d" Harry of the West" who Joined the
Howgate Polar expedition, did not re-
turn with the ship Gulnare, but is
spending the winter at Ritenbenk,
Greenland.