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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Be Gentle With Animals.

Some persons govern their children
and domestic animals with the whip
Boys thus governed, either run away
from their parents, or leave them with
out much regret as soon as they become
+ lawful age to do so. Some farmers
he kind and gentle with their domestic
animals, and the brutes reciprocate their
treatment by showing the same acts.
And this leads us to say, i'll the words of
a wise man, "tameness and gentleness
are qualities to he encouraged i'll all do
nestle animals" Their value is discov-
cred when it is necessary to handle the
animal at critical periods. When CON
fidence, if not affection, exists, we can do
much with suffering animal, when
otherwise interference might make mat
ters worse. 1t would be well to make
friends with COWS, and sheep, especially,
by petting them, giving them salt and
palatable things, and mmgling with them
in the yards. Every animal should be
trained to be handled when loose in the
ward.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
BUSINESS FAILURES.
statistics Presented i'm DUN, harlow
a. Co.'s Circular.
From the New York Times.l

From the New York Times.l
According to the quarterly circular
giving statistics of the business failures
in this country which has just been is
sued by Dun, Barlow a. Co. the year
1880 has thus far shown n gratifying, as
well IA an astonishing, diminution
in the number of failures, and the
amount of consequent losses. During
the last three months only ,065 failures
have been reported in the entire coun-
try, with liabilities amounting to $780,
Ill $50, or an average liability of SIS
SSi. The first three months of the pres
ent year witnessed / ,432 failures, while
the liabilities aggregated only $12, IT,
074, making the average liability only
So, 500. For the first half of 1880, there
! fore. the number of failures throughout
the States and Territories amounted
only to 2, 497, with total liabilities aggre-
eating $50, SSS 1853. These figures are
the smallest ever recorded for any sim
liar period since Dun, Barlow n Co.
have begun to publish statistics. There
was n remarkable falling off i'll failures
during the first six months of 1879, but
the decrease this year has been even
greater. In the first half of last year
there were reported 4,05S failures, with
liabilities amounting to $65, us, 300.
This seemed like wonderful reduction,
when compared with the first six months
of the year previous, 1878, when the liza
bilities reached $50, 900 in round
numbers, or nearly twice us great sum
as in 1879
The present year shows thus far
ratio of reduction over 1879 fully as great
as that year did over the preceding year.
This means that the first Fix months of
1880, as compared with.the correspond
ing period of 1878, shows n reduction III
the amount of losses by failures of near
ly 500, 000,000 During the entire year
1878 there were 10, ATS failures, with la
bilities reaching the enormous amount
of 1924, 1888, 1872, giving an average loss
of each failure of $22,369. Last year
the number of failures was 6,65S, with
a total of sos, l49, 053 liabilities, the av-
erage liability being $l4,7 The fact
that this rapid decline III failures has
continued up to the present time may
be taken us n fresh illustration of the
healthy condition of the business of the
country which nearly everybody be-
lieves prevails. When losses by bad
debts have been reduced in two years
from an amount equal to s., 600, 600 per
week down to sum equaling less than
81, $50, 600 per week, that fact would
certainly seem to be sure sign of a
general business prosperity. Not only
are the figures in themselves evidence
of prosperity, but the absence of loss
which they imply is a part of the exist
ing favorable condition of business. 1t
is evident that SO far as credits are con-
cerned the risks of business in the last
six months have been reduced to a
minimum. 1t is to be remembered, too,
that the volume of business transactions
has increased enormously over that of
preceding years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Old Tin Cans.

The ingenious man or woman can find a
dozen uses for the old tin cans that accu-
mulate so fast The most attractive ar
ticles made from them are the bird
houses and flower-pots and stands. For
the first the cans are dipped in a large
pan of melted asphalt and then rolled in
dry sand. This gives them a natural
ground color, on which can be fastened,
while the asphalt is still warm, the ordi-
nary dry packing moss used by florists,
wood MOSES, short dry twigs, small
cones and burrs, to give picturesque
effect If the lid is still attached to the
can by bit of solder it can be left for a
doorstep for the birds. The various ways
of attaching the can to the tree will sug-
gest themselves, according to taste. A
single can covered with birch bark and
ornamented with burs, acorns, etc,
makes pretty tlower-pot; two partly
telescoped, with portion cut out of the
side for the reception of the soil and
plants, makes miniature log; three
rows, placed one above another by means
of different sized round boxes on round
table, make very pretty stand. The
asphalt should be literally used.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

The Nile, like the Mississippi, the
Yang-tse-Kiang, the Orinoco, and many
other large rivers, is more or less mud
dy stream. 1t is noted by travellers ON
the Mississippi that the water of that
great river, turbid as it is from the union
with its upper waters of the soil-laden
current OF the Missouri, is nevertheless,
after it has been left to "settle," remark
ably sweet and pleasant drinking water.
1t may be that the pleasant taste, both
of the Mississippi and the Nile, is due to
the turbid nature of those rivers. If that
is the case, by all means let the importa-
ton of Nile water be delayed until the
people of the United States can all have
a pull at the Ohio River water that is used
at Cincinnati. One tumblerful of that
stuff will make deposit of mud and sand
to the depth of quarter of the entire
contents. In fact, the Cincinnati water
is about an equal mixture of mud and
water. No wonder the population takes
largely to other drinks Hartford Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
A Peculiar Fitness for His Work

Many Australian shepherds are con-
victs. A sheep farmer had ten, and he
used TO describe their peculia-ities in an
amusing manner One was clergyman.
He was idle, sat down, and let the sheep
wander. Another was an English shep-
herd. He could not adapt himself to the
vagrant ways of colonial sheep. Another
was n murderer. He drove the sheep
too hard. The best of the whole ten was
London pickpocket. In the exercise
of his profession he had been observant,
cautious, and dexterous, taking constant
note of persons. peculiarities, and dress.
He had to estimate the value of his
victims, and to obtain his object with the
least disturbance to their sensibilities.
He watched the sheep carefully, knew
what each had in it's pocket, and did his
best to secure the prize for his employer.
Such is the power of personal attention
and discrimination.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
The Irue Wife.

Oftentimes L have seen tall ship
glide by against the tide, as if drawn by
an invisible tow line with hundred
strong arms pulling it. Her sails I'M
furled, her streamers dropping, she had
neither side-wheel nor stern-wheel; still
she movedon, stately, in serene triumph,
as with her own life. But L knew that
on the other side of the ship, hidden be-
meath the great bulk that swan so ma
jestically, there was little toilsome
steam tug, with heart of fire and arms
of iron, that was Juggling it bravely on;
and / knew that if the little steam tug
untwined her arms and left the ship, it
would wallow and roll away, and drift
hither and thither, and go off with the
efiluent tide no man knows where; and
80 have known more than one genius
high-decked, full-freighted, wide-sailed,
gay-pennoned, but for the bare toiling
arm and brave warm heart of the faithful
little wife that nestled close to him so
that no wind or wave could part them, he
would have gone down with the stream
and been heard of no more.-O. W..
Holmes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Milk as Cause of TuberculOus
Diseases.

1t seems that considerable percent
age of the COWS in dairy farms through
out the country are infected with tuber-
culous disease, and the milk from animals
so affected has been found to propagate
the disease in other animals, for example,
pigs. Boiling does not render it innocu-
Gus. May not this be one cause of the
spread of tubercle among the human
species, and particularly the population
of large cities? Children are very
largely fed on COWS milk, and the class
of maladies which have known connec-
ton with the formation of tubercular
deposit in the various organs of the body
is undoubtedly increasing. 1t is not a
philosophic conclusion that the young of
one species can be safely or naturally fed
on the milk of another. This is OBJ
viously grave question to raise, and we
raise it with full sense of responsibility.
If it can be shown that the feeding of
infants on milk of the COW, and the ex-
tensive use of that commodity as an
article of diet is a perilous error, the III
ference must be grave indeed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Snakes Catching Fish.

One day, while catching minnows as
usual, ] noticed number of snakes, the
common water moccasin, approaching
the dam or footway of stones. The water
vet lacked several inches of reaching the
top of the stone way, although it was
rushing in quite rapidly, and carrying
with it many bull-minnows and small
white perch which were unable to resist
il. Watching the snakes, | saw one
after another reach the dam and take
their station upon it, submerging them
selves all but their heads, which were
raised about an inch above the water,
and pointed in the direction of the in
looming tide. In this position 1 counted
seventeen snakes, arranged in uneven
intervals, III space of less than sixty
feet. / came to the conclusion at once
that they were fishing, and watched
them with good deal OF interest. Pretty
soon saw one head strike forward, going
under the water, reappearing in mo-
ment with n very large bull minnow III
its mouth. The snake Immediately loos-
ened its hold upon the rocks and swan
for the shore, reaching which 1t disap-
peared in the bushes and this was re-
pelted at intervals by each of the sew
enteen snakes. When they returned
from the bushes. having made short
work of the r "cltch," each snake
sought his o, particular location on
the rocks, there icing m clashing of in
forests there. Now how is this for
reason or instinct? How do these
snakes know where to locate themselves,
and the particular stage of the tide at
which To start on their fishing excur-
sion? How do they know that num-
her of minnows will be swept over the
miniature falls made by the rocks
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Antiuuity of Forks.

Among the recent finds in the explo.
rations among the lake dwellings III
Switzerland is pair of forks, apparent
ly invented for table use, says the Sci.
entifc american They We're made
from the metatarsal bone of stag.
This gives n high antiquity to the fork.
But, taking into account the modes OF
life the dwellers in these dwellings must
have led, it must require strong imag-
nation to suppose they sat down to
meals using forks.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

These are questions that 60 beyond my
comprehension, and l leave them for
others 20 answer. But the facts remain,
and any one who will take the trouble
may verify them at any time during the
SUMMER by visit to Gravelly creek
Forest and Stream
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
HORSES need good care in these hot

HORSES need good care in these hot
days of midsummer. They should be
kept clean by frequentcurrying and occa-
sional washing of the legs and feet The
flies will cause the most inconvenience,
and while working in the field some pro-
lection from them in the shape of nets
or thin blankets (sheets) is a great COM
fort to the animals. Keep the stables
clean that they may not harbor flies or
develope any bad odors Horses that
are at regular farm work need good food
better than grass alone will give. Oats
or ground feed of some kind must sup
plement the pasture at night.
1. r
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
An incident Of the War.
Portage wis. State Register. ]

II VI'"-V W ~ '''10V I0Cb I'VVI'I
An incident like the following is always
worthy of record: During cavalry charge
lnder Gen. Fitzpatrick, in N. Carolina, in
our late civil war, Mr.. c. A. Setback was
thrown from his horse and received severe
sprain of the left wrist He used various
liniments for sixteen years, without effect,
and was cured by n single bottle of st.
Tupohs Oil
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

STRUGGLING authors are confronted
by the following rehearsal of familiar
facts Thackerav was not known as On
author until nearly 40. Scott was 43
when Waverly" appeared. Richard
son became an author at 81. Defoe WAS
SO when he wrote his first novel. "Gil
Bias was not finished until the author
wos az
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

PRINCE DEMIDoFF, whose villa, with
it, wealth of artistic treasures, was lately
sold at Florence, recently lost in a single
night at cards the trife of 1900, 600
francs. Two Russians were the winners.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
New York Cities.

The following table shows the popu-
lation of many of the cities in the State
of New York, as returned by the census,
with their relative standing and their
population in 1875 and 1870:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
CHEAP AT ANY PRICE.
IT, Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer-Press. !

Ist. Paul and minneapolis Ploneer-Press.J
With this in view, Mr. l.. Nippoldt, Wood.
bury, Mimi, writes If it should cost five
dollars a bottle, would still buy the Ham
burg Drops. 1t cured me and no price is
TOO hirh
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

William II. Wilson, NJ. D., Springfield, Efing-
ton, Co., Ca, says II prescribed Hunts
Remedy in complicated case of Dropsy which
l had been treating for eight years, and / find
Hunts Remedy is the best medicine for Dropsy
and the Kidneys, have ever used" Trial size,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

HE oldest working scientist in the
world is M. Cleveland, of Paris, who in
his ninety-fifth year, has just commenced
q course of lectures OH chemistry.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

DR.. G. +. SHOEMAKER, the we-linown aural
surgeon of Reading, Pa, offers to send by mail,
free of charge, Il valuable little book on deafness
and diseases Of the ear-especially on running
ear and catarrh, and their proper treatment
giving references and testimonials that will
satisfy the most skeptcal Address as above.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

A NEW method of suicide was recently
chosen by Russian teacher. He
mounted his horse and madly leaped
from high precipice into river. The
man was drowned, but the horse, though
much hurt, came out of the water alive.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

MUsrc.-They had been TO the opera and
heard the finest music by the leading talent
They went home to boar the babys wild solo
until IL was quoted with q dose Of DIR. Bulls
Baby Syrup, which at once removed the Flatu-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

WE confidently refer our readers to the card
of DIR. G. r.. Sykes, in another column. He is
an old resident of Chicago a regular graduate,
honest, honorable and responsible, and, az a
physician takes first rank in his chosen
speciality of catarrh and its complications.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

PHYSICAL weakness and lack of power in all
organs require Medetur, the pearls Of strength.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Are You Not I'm Good Health ,

II the Liver is the source OF your trouble, you
can find an absolute remedy in DIR. SANFORD
LIVER INvIGoRAToR the only vegetable cathartic
which acts directly on the Liver Cures al
Bilious diseases. For Book address DR. SAN
FORD, 1872 Broadway, New York.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

VEGETINE is not stimulating bitters which
creates a fictitious appetite, but a gentle tonic
which assisis nature to restore the stomach
To healthy action.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Daughters, w,ve. md Mothe,

DIR. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHOLICON win
positively cure Female Weakness Falling Of the
Womb. Whites, Chronic Inflammation O Ulce- ton Of
the Womb. Incidental Hemouhase Flooding PHnful,
Suppressed and Irregular Menstruation &c An old and
relia lie remedy. Send osia card pamphlet, with
treatment cureI and tifca from physicians and
patients, TO HOWARTH BALI ARD. UTICA, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists-Sl 30 per bottle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

ALL respectable dealers sell Frazer axle
ere Sc because it is the genuine and gives per
fect satisfaction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

EQUALLY adapted tothe feeble or robust, male
or female, are Malt Bitters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

Rich in musce-producing material beyond al
other foods and medicines are Malt Bitters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels
by wearing Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

Most people are like eggs-too full OF
themselves to hold anything else.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
The Violate Eel, Co.. ,uarshaI,. Mich.

VIII send their Electro voltac Belts to the af.
ilicted upon thirty days trial. See their adyer-
lisement in this paper, headed, "On Thirty
DAYS Trial"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

WHHoFT's Fever and Ague Tonic. This old
reliable remedy now sells at one dollar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

HOFMANN,s HOP PILLS, n specific cure
for Fever and Ague Bousnoss and Malarial Poisoning
of the Blood Fifty pills for 50 cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
The hest.

THE man who hanged himself died OF
his own free will and cord.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

670a week. 2I2 a day at home easily Costly
% u Outfit free Address TRUF 10, Augusta. Ne.
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nhNncp Successfully treated Circular free DR.
uhNUEn II. AKELY, 40 w. Madison ST. chicago.
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McLAIN's vERMIFUGE BONBONs for
Morms In Children delicious and fail 70

UC+o con per day az home. Samples worth So free
% W " u Address STIssos Co, Portland. Me.
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Important to the Fair Sex!

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY cures Ieucorr-
ha Cor whites Painful MenstrItion liberation Ova-
ran Diseases Absent Menstnaton, all diseases, known
is female weakness. They have boon used in England
for periodical aud regulating pill Sold by all
Drug gsts everywhere Price SiC0 box six boxes
for $780, sent bv mil free of postage securely scaled
THE GRAY MED CINE CO.,
Mechanics Block, Detroit, Mich.
Wholesale Agents for u s. az Pamphlets sent free.
VAN Setback, STEVENSON CO.. Agts, Chicago
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
Beauty Everywhere.

We all of us, in a great measure. create
our own happiness, which is not half so de-
pendent upon scenes and circumstances as
most people are apt to imagine; and so it is
for beauty. Nature does little more than
furnish US with the materials Of both, leaving
us to work them out for ourselves. ''Stars,
and flowers, and hills, and woods,a and streams,
are letters, and words, and voices, vehicles,
and missionaries" but they need not be in
terpreted in the right spirit. We must read
and listen for them, and endeavor to under
stand and profit by them. And when we
look around us upon earth, we must not for
get to look upward TO Heaven. 'Those who
can see God in everything" writes a popular
author, "are sure to see good in everything"
We may add with truth, that they are also
sure to see beauty in everything and every
where. When we are at peace with our
selves and the world, it is as though we gazed
upon outward things through a golden-tinted
glass, and saw a glory resting upon them all.
We know that it can not be long thus; sin,
and sorrow. and binding tears, will dim the
mirror of our Utmost thoughts; but we must
pray, and look again, and by-and-by the
cloud will pass away. There is beauty every
where, but it requires to be sought, and the
seeker after it is sure to find it; it may be in
some out-of-the-way place, where no one else
would think of looking. Beauty is a fairy;
sometimes she hides herself in a hower-cup,
or under a leaf, or cresps into the old ivy,
and plays hide and seek with the sunbeams,
or haunts some ruined spot, or laughs out of
a bright young face. Sometimes she takes the
form of a bright cloud, and goes dancing
over the green fields, or deep, blue sea, where
her misty form, marked out in momentsry
darkness, looks like thepassing shadow of an
angels wing. Beauty is a coquette, and
weaves herselfa robe of various hues, accord
ing to the season-and it is hard to say which
is the most becoming.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
A Mother-in-Law's Paradise.
TErnm the Gloha

1t is all themore remarkable that marriage
should be so universal an institution amongst
barbarous races, when it is considered how
seriously in some cases the husband pledges
his fortune, not only TO his wife, but her re-
lstives as well. There are of course, other
cases, notably that of the North American
Indian, who has no objection to half a dozen
wives if he can obtain them. With him, if
it is not "the more merrier," every addition
is a source of profit, since it is another labor
ing hand on his estate. On the contrary, in
parts of Southern Africa-amongst the
Makalolo, for instance-the young fellow
who takes a wife is almost a bono slave to
his mother-in-law and until he has children
of his own is hers to command, to dig and
delve, and cut wood, and fetch water. In
her presence he must remain with his knees
in a bent position, so as to avoid giving the
Did woman offence by sitting with his feet
toward her.
The New Zealander, seeking matrimonial
bliss, is in a worse case still. With his bride
he espouses the good or bad fortune of her
family, and is bound to fight even against
his own king, should trouble arise. The New
Zealander's courtship is of a peculiar kind.
Having liked his affections on an eligible
party, and announced to his friends that she
Is the ODJecI OF MS cnolcp, ne Is DOund In
honor to make her his, or suffer the penalty
for making the attempt. Its no use trying
TO negotiate for the damsel with her people
upon peaceful terms; under any circum-
stances, if a man wants a wife he must run
away with her. The pair may understand
each other properly, but certain commercial
considerations must be recognized, and the
'snatchlng," as it is called, must take place.
The man lies in wait, attended by a few.
trusty friends, and awaiting himself of a ia
vorab,e opportunity seizes on the young wo-
man and carries her toward his abode. If
he is not an eligible sutton, her cries soon
bring neighbors about her, and the ambitious
lover either drops his prize and runs for it,
or his friends rally round him and there is a
fight royal.