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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

AT midnight, July 1914, DR.. Tanner
completed the fifteenth day of his long fast.
He appeared weaker, and was evidently failing,
though he affected to be strong and in good
spirits. Pulse, 50; temperature, %; respira-
ton. 10.
New York infants are dying by the
Wholesale from the effects of the heat.
A distressing accident occurred near
East Rockaway, N. Y. ASS gravel train with
300 laborers on board approached a large der
rick which stood by the side of the track, one
OF the wire supports fell across the train, sweep
ing nearly every man from the cars Twenty
six were severely injured, six of them fatally.
DIR. Tanner completed the eighteenth
day of his fast as fresh as a daisy The pulse,
temperature and respiration indicated health
full condition, and he showed slight increase of
strength. During the day he drank seventy
ounces of water, and an increase of one and
three-fourths pounds was noted in his weight.
A dispatch from New York says that "Scient-
lists are in despair. Tanner not only lives, but
seems better than before. He sleeps quietly
reads the daily papers, naturally enjoys his
daily rides, and appears in much better spirits
than on preceding days"
Another destructive oil conhagration
has occurred in the Bradford (Pa.) district.
In the intercollegiate four-oared race
at Lake George the Cornell crew were winners,
defeating the Columbias and Pennsylvania.
The negro Chastine Cox, who MUIR
dered and robbed Mrs. Hull about year ago.
was executed at New York last week.
DIR. Tanner entered upon the twenty
first day # his fast at New York in good con-
dition. His pulse was recorded at 81, temper
ature 30, respiration IL, voice strong, eye clear
and step firm and elastic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

Man is said to be the only animal that
can cry, and yet he is not really crying
creature. He is laughing and smiling
creature. The hours which bring tears
do not come very often. Some firesides
see ten or twenty years in which no one
has cause for weeping. Many hundreds
and thousands meet with no sorrow for a
quarter century. The days on which
man cries are few compared with all the
days of his life. Man is an animal that
can cry, but he is most perfectly crea-
ture that laughs Not many days pass
that bring no pleasant smiles to the ma
jority. There is a column of laughter in
the daily newspaper. The light dramas
of a pure and ingenious quality draw
large audiences, while painful tragedy is
less popular, because all mankind would
rather laugh than cry. 1t ought to be
an a priOri argument in favor of LIES
intrinsic sweetness and worth that man
comes up into it with his face beaming
with smiles, and this smile widens out as
years pass, and the dear old father laughs
and plays with children, and one merri-
ment like one electricity thrills the heart
of infant and of patriarch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Yankee ShrewdnesS.

Sitting on piazza overlooking Buzz
Yards Bay the other afternoon, the land
lord told the following story of Yankee
cuteness: "When l kepta country store, +"
said mine host, San old farmer came III
one day to make butter trade. He had
lot of fresh butter and L asked him
how much he wanted pound for it.
Fourteen cents, he answered. well,
I'll take it just as it stands, was my re-
ply, and he put it down cellar without
further comment. He then ordered a
lot of goods-hour, sugar, and so forth,
that he wanted to take home with him
and asked me how much they would
come to. l figured up and found that
they amounted to about 81 more than the
price of the butter. This seemed to an
noy him and, after hemming and haw-
ing good deal, he said: wall, now,
Cap'en, supposin that butter was sixteen
cents pound, what would it foot up?
told him trihe over what he owed me.
Wall, then, answered he, as he put the
groceries into his wagon, Il reck'n well
have to call it n square trade. ;"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
The Story OF a Reformed COunterfei!er.

The statement that Charles Ulrich is
suspected by the Government of being
the author of the new 800 counterfeits
is denied by the Chief of the Secret Ser
vice Division. 1t is also denied that the
secret-serv;ce officials were responsible
for tine release of Ulrich after ne had
pleaded guilty and had been convicted
Mt Trenton i'll the early part of last year.
Ulrich is one of the most skillful en-
gravers in the country. In 1878 he was
arrested while in the act of completing
new counterfeit plate, and the proof
against him was SO strong that he ut
once confessed and testified against
Harry Cole and Jacob OFT, both OF
whom were convicted and sentenced.
Ulrich was also convicted, and the most
that he expected was n mitigation of
sentence, but ex-senator Stockton, de-
string to secure Ulrich's artistic skill in
a new crockery and pottery enterprise
that was about to be started i'll Trenton,
offered to get him the freedom to which
he was entitled rs witness. The Sc
cret-service officers protested against
Ulrich's release, but Judge Dixon, of
Trenton, recommended the pardon and
Attorney General Devens approved of
the application. The President, how
ever, decided that the prisoner should
be released on his own recognizance. A
number of prominent Trenton gentle
men engaged III the new enterprise Of
fered to provide remunerative employ
ment for him, and to he responsible for
his good behavior. He was released,
and every hour he has spent for months
past has been accounted for by his
friends. The secret-service officials say
that they never lost sight of Ulrich, and
believe that he is living an honest life.
The theory that he might have kept
electrotype duplicates of the 500 plate
captured III his possession eighteen
months ago, from which the recently
discovered counterfeits might have been
printed is regarded rs absurd. The
plate captured then was for greenback,
and the counterfeits now out are on ma
tional-bank notes. 1t would be impossi-
bic to change one plate into another.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS.

PINEAPPLE WATER IcE.-Peel and
pound pineapple and pass through a
fine sieve, add the Juice of one or two
lemons with gill of water and sugar or
strip to taste strain into the freezing
pot.
AN infallible remedy for a rusting tea
kettle, says an exchange, is to brown
coffee in it. A thorough washing of
soap and water will remove all the odor
and smoke of the coffee, and leave the
kettle smooth and free from rust.
RICE CHICKEN PIE.-Cover the bottom
of pudding dish with slices of broiled
ham cut up broiled chicken and nearly
fill the dish pour in gravy or melted
butter TO fill the dish add chopped
onions, if you like, or little curry pow
der, which is better then add boiled
rice to- fill all interstices and to cover the
top thick. Bake it for one-half to three
quarters of an hour.
NEW CARROTS WITH CREAM-Trim a
quantity of the smallest new carrots that
can be obtained, and boil them in sailed
water. When done, drain off the water.
Melt one ounce of butter III saucepan,
add TO it q desert-spoonful of -four, pep
dered sugar, and small quantity OF
cream. Put in the carrots, simmer gen
thy few minutes, and serve.
THE following process Is recommended
for cleaning white Shetland shawls. Put
the soiled article into Il large bowl
throw over it half teacupful of flour,
"dry," rub thoroughly, as if washing,
then thoroughly shake ont the -four. If
the article is not clean repeat the pro-
cess in clean flour. Articles cleaned by
this process will retain new look as
long rs there is thread left.
RHUBARB TARTLErs- short
paste with one white and three yelks of
eggs, one ounce of sugar, one ounce of
butter, pinch of salt, and flour guam
tity sufficient work it lightly, roll it out
to the thickness of a quarter of an inch.
Line some patty-pans with it, fill them
with uncooked rice to keep their shape,
and bake them in a moderate oven till
done. Remove the rice, and fill the
tartlets with rhubarb, stewed with plen-
ty of sugar and dish of lemon-iuice,
and at the top put heaped spoonful OF
whipped cream.
CHERRY PUDDlNG.-One quart of
scalded milk, not quite pint of Indian
meal, scant half pint of sifted flour,
four well-beaten eggs, two teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder, n teaspoonful OF salt
and pint of whole, ripe cherries. Let
the milk stand after heating until tepid
stir in the meal and flour, removing
tablespoonful to mix the baking powder
with add the eggs and salt, then the
cherries and baking -powder. Turn
into a pudding-mold or bag and steam
two hours. Eat with sugar and cream
or butter sauce.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
without Food for Thirty-Nine Days.

The starve-as-you-please race of DIR.
Tanner against time has called up II
"reminiscences from Washington county,
i'll this State, which is well authenticated
In Paris, Washington county, in 1910, a
young man named Thomas Ford, aged
% years, lived without food or water for
thirty-nine days. Ford was taken i'll,
and was unable to Swallow either solids
or liquids; all the physicians in the
country were unable to afford even the
slightest relief. The young man con-
tinued in the same condition for thirty
nine days, suffering all the pangs of
hunger and thirst. On the evening of
the thirty-ninth day he took his sisters
hand in his and remarked that she
would not have to watch with him much
longer. When she inquired whether he
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
Women Lawyers in 1860 and 1850.

Not every lady and gentleman who has
this season applauded Miss Terry's POrtia
is aware that, about the date when the
Merchant of Venice" may be supposed
to have exhibited his gaberdine on the
Rialto, there actually existed great fe-
male lawyers in the neighboring city of
chair of Jurisprudence in that university
in 1860, and Prof. Novella, who occupied
it in 1866, were not only celebrated for
their legal lore and skill, but, if we may
trust their portraits, exceedingly beauti-
full women, with noble Greek profles,
dressed in style which Miss Terry
might have copied without disadvantage.
If women hereafter should again obtain
entrance into the legal profession, it is
not at all improbable that we may see
something more of the keenness of femi-
nine wits engaged i'll disentangling the
knots of the law. Two ladies in Ireland,
according to the Times Dublin cores
pendent, have just been conducting their
own most intricate case in manner
which excited the surprise of the master
of the rolls, who even observed that he
was "astonished that the ladies had been
aDle 10 put tnelr caSe Oh paper SO lltelu-
gently and clearly without legal advice"
If other ladies should follow the example
Of the Misses Fogarty, what falling off
must ensue in the solicitors bills They
lost their case, it is true, but seemingly
could not have won it under any guild
ance, and at all events they have escaped
that great aggravation of the misery
of defeat III court law--the lawyers
costs. Pail Mall Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23
An Earnest Politician.

l once started out on a campaign, and
went to meeting and made speech,
and the audience began to depart They
went out one by one as l went on, until
finally, beside the committee, who had
to stay, there were only two men left,
and they started to 60 L went to one
of them, and said, my friend, are you
going?" He said he was "Well, said
L, 81 won't let you go until you promise
me you will vote the Republican ticket.
He said he would promise me anything
If | would only let him 60 Laughter.
GOUe'nOr Bagtey, Of Michigan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

The Democratic National Committee
met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, on
tine 18th inst. William H. Barnum, of Connec-
tcut, was unanimously elected Chairman, and
Frederick o. Prince, of Massachusetts,, Secre-
tary. The members of the committee,
in company with the committee APP.
pointed by the Cincinnati Convention,
then proceeded to Governors Island TO Official
ly notify Hancock and English of their nomi.
nation. Gen. Stockton was the spokesman OF
the party, the candidates replying briefly.
The Democratic Congressional Committee also
met in New York on the 18th and effected q re-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

felt worse, he answered that he felt no
worse than he had for several days past,
but that no man had ever tasted forty
days but our Savior, and no man ever
would. He died that evening, leaving a
request that there be n post-mortem held
for the benefit of science, as he did not
want others to suffer as he had done.
The examination was made, and the
physicians found the entrance to the
stomach closed mp completely by n
fungus growth, and that it would have
been impossible to relieve him by an
operation. -PittsJuryh Cor. Cincinnati
Commercial.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

organization. The committee, as it now stands,
consists Of Senators Wallace, Mcdonald, and
whyte and Congressman Eppa Hunton, II. @.
Davis and ]. @. 8. Blackburn, together with
August Belmont and Gen. w. B. Franklin.
ington, and will cooperate with the National
Committee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-07-23

IT is remarkable fact that of all the
names beginning with a." in the Har-
ward class of 1925, five in number, and
headed by G. +. Adams, not one of them
appears in the catalogue marked with an
asterisk, denoting death.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-09
Snake and Frog.

Many years ago, while in Ceylop, ]
ljv Il in a house in "Siave island, "
.aised on high platform. The steps
up 20 the door had he, ONE loosened.
and behind them colony of frogs Lad
established themselves. One M Drning
| watched a snake "a. cobra) creep up,
ins ert It's head into II crack and seize u
frog, which he then and there swallowed
Bat the crack that admitted the thin fiat
head and neck Of the ophidian would
not permit OF the same being Withdrawn
when the neck was swollen with the
addition of the frog inside it. The
snake tugged and struggled, but in vain,
and after a series of futile attempts dis
rged its prey and withdrew its head
But the sight was too tantaliz:ng. Again
the head was inserted in the crack and
The coveted morsel swallowed, and
again the vain struggles to withdraw
were renewed. / SAW this repeated sew
eral times, till, gaining wisdom By ex-
perience, the snake seized the frog by
one leg. withdrew it from its coigne OF
vantage and swallowed it outside
Ndtu'e.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-09
GreaSing the Sea.

he expression "to pour oil on the
troubled waters" is generally regarded
as a metaphor or figure of speech, illus.
'ating the action of some persuasive
peacemaker, soGtening the angry passions
OF conteniing disputants. On the other
hand, the liifying influence ofoieagin-
Gus liquids upon the waves was long ago
demonstrated rs a scientific fact. and the
cquinoctial gales would probably have
been kept in subsection ere now, on the
high seas, but for the uncertainty of the
weather ana the estimated expense Of
oiipg an area as limited even as the bay
of Biscay. 1t would appear, how ever,
that q gentleman OF Perth has solved
the problem of economy RS applied to
greasing the SEA, and that in future
ships may carry with them. st a COM
paratively triding cost, sufficient sup
ply of oil TO nulify the rigor5 of tie
tiPrceSt cyclone. a northern contem,
porary states that series OF expert
ments have lately taken place in the
north harbor, Peterhead, with tue most
satisfactory results. The experimental
ist filed some bottles full OF il and
sank tbem to the bottom of the harbor
while gale was blowing. Presently
the oil was released, and, floating to the
top o. the raging pillows, stilled them as
il by a miracle. A. consequence of
this experiment, it is thought in the
neighborhood of Perth that oil can be
laid on continuously by pipes to the
bars OF all exposed harbors, so as TO
enable vessels to gain port in safety in
the midst of the most violent hurri-
canes The invention would be invalu-
able ii applied to the channel passage
in dirty Teather. Day by day we are
taught that there are 10 bounds 10 the
conquest of science over nature, and
now that we can oil out the guy
wrinkles of the stormy ocean, we neeJ
not despair of b ing able, sooner or
desert by artificial irrigation. London
Telegraph.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-09
Furnishing a Home.

II you wish to have your su,round !.
ings make n good impression, with
economy, there is but one short and easy
rule TO follow: Buy everything OF the
simplest sort; get your stone china OF the
| plainest shapes. eschew acorn tops for
your sugar howl, and scroll handles for
| your tureens, and figured borders foI
plates Get straight.legged chairs, with
as little molding as the makers all wv,
buy your carpets and lounges of small
and modest figurings. don't get that
vivid crimson carpet because it looks
warm" or you have an eye for color" "
or that red and white, or the green and
white panel pattern because it is the last
out. Take the Oldest, cheapest thing in
the shop. il it is in taste and will look
well with the rest of your belongings.
So many old styles are coming up again
that yours will have chance of being
modish any day. and If they suit each
other, they will please, in spite of the
style OF your immediate neighborhood, 4,
which may be the remnans of n city
| dealers stock, out Of date three years
ago Have plain bevels to the wood
work OF your house. instead of headings
and groovings which only hold the dust
ana swell the carpenters bill. But in
sist on deep window seats and low base
boards, and don'tallow any grained paint
about your house. Plain paint, well
vanished, looks better and Keeps nice
| longer and doesn't always repeat I'm a
sham, I'm sham," like the pretended
oak and walnut. Buy at second hand,
| third-hand, restore paint and glue things
yourself, ami don't be afraid Of homes,
hand-hnished pine without either paint
( or varnish. The prettiest effects in sum :
mcr houses are gained from yellow
Georgia pine, and the white pine, fin
ished with clear shellae. The simplest
| forms prevail in some of tue new furni-
ture. An expensive oak dining table OF
newest pattern is square. with turned
corners, and n support which is square
| pillar with braces, plain rs the rudest
Saxon could desire, but beautiful in its
clear wood, sand papered and hand fin
| ished to almost marble smoothness.
Such table sells for eighty dollars at
the most fashionable makers in the city.
A set of chairs with straight turned
maple uprights and legs, with basket
seats of the old pilgrim fashion, cush-
| ioned with Monte cloth aud f igned and
luh beloved are pretty enough for any
sitting room, and such simple. original
pieces give an air of taste AMI research
to a room worth any mere fashion,
Shirley Dare.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-09
PROMINENT + PEOPLE.

old. '"'' .
Mrs. Garfield has refused to let her
photograph be sold or her likeness be
engraved.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor has gent n
font with basin of solid silver To n mis-
sion chapel which she has established in
Nebraska. -
Mark Twain says there is something
very fascinating about science-it gives
you sucn wholesale returns of conjec-
ture for such tri6ing investments of
fact.
The fisherman of Great Britain have
reason TO be grateful to the Baroness
Burdett- Coutts, for she is said to have
expended the snug little sum of $500, 600
in efforts to improve the condition of
the poor and deserving of this class.
Miss Louise McLaugblin, the discov-
erer OF painting under the glaze on pot
terry, realizing that art, like health, was
free to all, told her process to other
| artists, explained il to reporters, and
even published book giving directions
A man has now taken her process and
patented IL!
NJ. Gambetla ten years ago was one of
uiiC hdudSOlDtol lEGn Ill Ills
| face was face of fine lines and spirituel
contours; his figure was 1.-THE and grace,
full. He is still man OF striking pres.
ence, but he has no more the almost
poetic good looks OF his youthful da;s.
Victor Hugo is described as still very
active, red. faced, NJ with short, stubhly
gray hair. lie is a great talkor. and it
is related of him that once, when he
used TO be init nate with Louis Philippe,
the two talked everybody to bed, and
the king had to take a candle and light
the pJet downstairs.
j. F. Russi and others, of San Antonio,
Texas, having protested against the
playing of the army bands at concerts,
General Sherman answers that as even
in despotic Russia soldiers are allowed
to earn an extra penny by any craft they
may have, he sees no reason why our
own soldiers should be deprived of SO
simple privilege.
Miss Edmonia Lewis, the sculptor.
who is OF mixed African and Indian
parentage, has had more than COM
mon measure of success III her proies-
sion. The pope long since visited her
studio and blessed her work; the NJ r.
quis of Butte bought one of her groups
for an altar-piece, and another, THE
Old Arrow-mGker and his Daughter"
was bou hit by Lady Ashburton.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-09
Length OF the Human Step.

At recent sitting of the French Acad-
emy of Sciences, Monsieur Marcy read
very interesting paper, giving the re-
suit of his experiments with machine
for measuring the length and rapidity oi
a mans stride in walking. Marcy found
that a numbrr of circumstances modi-
lied the length of the step. The step is
longer going up hill than going down;
longer for man carrying load than
for one unloaded; longer with low
heels than with high heels; and longer
for a man wearing thick soles ald those
which project slightly beyond the toe
than for one wearing short and hexib e
soles. 1t was found that while the het
might be lowered indefinitely without
detriment to the gait, the sole could not
be made perfectly rigid ncr prolonged
too far without interfering with the
speed and ease of the wearer. Expert
ence alone was able to determine the
exact length and thickness necessary 10
produce the best results.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-12-09
Vegetine.
Kidney Com plants
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS,

The symptoms of an acute attack OF Inflammation
Of the kidneys are as follows: Fever, pain i'll the
small Of the back and thence shooting downward !;
numbuess of the thigh, vomiting, usually at fret
deep red color Of the urine which bee pale and
colorless the disease Increases and Ia discharged
very often with pain aud difficulty; costiveness
aud some d. gree Of collie. In chronic diseases Of
the sidueys the symptoms pain In the bsck and
limbs, dIyness Of the skin. frequent uination tes-
pecialy at night, general dropsy, headache dzzi-
ness Of sight. indigestion, and palpitaiOn of the
heart, gradHsi loss of strength, pleness and puff
uess of the face, cough, and shortnoss OF breath.
In diseases of the kidneys the VEGETIEE gives
immediate relief. 1t has never failed to cure when
it is taken regularly and directions followed. In
many it may take several bottles, especially
cases of long standing. 1t acts directly upon the
seCreions, cleansing aud strengthening, removing
all obstructions and impurities. A great many can
testify to cases Of long standing having been per-
fecty cured by the VEaE1ISE, even after trying
many of the known remedies which are said TO be
eIpressly for this disease.