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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-11-18

obliged to go first to visit sick friend,
but he will not be detained long,"
We reached the church just as the
service was beginning, and the first
strains of the magnificent "Stabat Ma
ter" of Pergholese already issued from
the grand organ. The aisles were
crowded, but, as we approached Mrs.
Gray's pew, she whispered, in tone of
relief. How fortunate sec that my
brother has arrived before me and kept
our seats; but / must defer an introduce
ton till after the services"
The gentleman stepped from the pew
to allow us to pass in, evidently listening
intently all the while, that note of the
music might not be lost. He cast q
careless glance ON his sisters companion
---our eyes met. All saw was look of
| 10Y, OF thankfulness, of content. In my
facet believe he could read absolutely
nothing ALI, what hours those were TO
me! But for the music L could never
have sat there-so near to him, yet SO
infinitely far away. The music, now
wailing, now beseeching, now triumph
ant, rolled through the church like a
voice from heaven, banishing for the
time all thoughts of earthly trials and
temptations. But it ended at last-the
! yesper service was over.
| As the crowd slowly dispersed we sat
listening to the really-beautiful march
OF Beethoven. Then Mrs Gray begged
MS to wait one moment, as she wished to
speak to some poor women who were as
sisted and employed by her, and were
now waiting for her. She simply named
us TO each other and left us. The Zone
moment heightened into an hall hour
the last notes of the organ died away
only solitary worshiper knelt here and
there in the lonely aisles.
And was listening to the "old, old
story" how, from the first day we met,
he had cared for me, and me only but
fettered by that uncongenial marriage,
into which he had entered thoughtlessly
when mere boy, it was impossible fol
him to say one word. Yes, he had loved
me from the first and now he was free,
and had come to geek me out, to ask
whether L remembered him. And this
time / had no need to tell falsehood.
When Mrs. Gray rejoined us, she
looked from one to another with 8
bright, loving smile, and whispered to
me: 81 never knew until just as L was
coming for you this afternoon, that you
and Henry were old friends. May | be
your friend also, Nellie, for his sake ? >
Then we walked slowly home in the
twilight to Alice, who looked up in
quiringly as we entered the parlor to.
gether. She must have seen at a glance
that my sorrow was suddenly lifted from
my heart, and when L presented Mr..
West as "an old friend from Boston,
the truth flashed upon her in moment
When he left me the other evening he
said 81 cannot wait long for you
Nelly. Say all that's good of me tc
your dear sister, and persuade her to
give you to me very soon.
Alice was neither obdurate nor selfish,
and the next summer she joined my
husband and myself in happy wander.
ing over Switzerland.
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The Swallows.

These are the light cavalry Of the vast
army of birds; always on the skirmish
line, ever on the move-their wings are
tireless. From early morn till night they
forage the field of air. Constantly on
the alert to cut off any straggler from
the insect camps, they miss no oppor-
tunity to destroy these enemies of the
farmer. The swallows, from time i'm
memorial, have been the friends and
companions of men. Wherever he has
had literature it has always embalmed
the praises of the swallows. "The
twittering of the swallows in the thatch"
has aroused the peasant at daybreak to
resume his daily labor, and "when the
swallows homeward fly" he has re-
turned to his cabin to rest, ever since
the human race has had history.
Wherever man has gone, these birds
have, to greater or less extent, given
mp their primitive habits and attached
themselves to him. Not rs parasites.
nor hardly as commensals, butas cheerful
companions and helping friends.-Des
Moines Register.
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Tne UniO Legislature EIgNy Iears Agv.

t'ichaei baldwin, the irrepressib!e AID
lDUSsylslbie, Vas no more dignlhed, alb
stcmious or moral in his position as
Speaker of the first Ohio House of Rep
resentatives than he has been in former
years Or lesser stations. He presided
over the Chamber in1S03, 1904 and 1905.
It is a matter of tradition that for lis
own pecuniary benefit, and for the enter
tainment among those of the Legislators
who had penchant for gaming, he es-
tablished i'll his rooms the game of ''vingt-
et-un," himself acting as banker and
dealer, and as n matter OF course winning
more frequently than any of the other
players. On one occasion, after much
drinking and late setting at the gam
bling table, Baldwin found himself In
possession not only of all the money OF
his companions, but of many OF their
watches. In the morning the House OF
Representatives was found to be without
quorum but Baldwin, accustomed
to heavy drinking and late hours, was In
his place back of the Speakers desk.
Rapping savagely with his gavel, he de-
manded the roll-call of the House, and
then sent the Sergeant-at-Arms out with
orders to bring III the delinquent MEM
bers. After an hour or SO that function
airy returned, followed by about dozen
members of the Ohio Legislature, whose
blood shot eyes, suffused faces, unsteady,
stumbling steps, and general air OF
shamefacedness indicated the late hours
they had kept, aud their heavy indul-
gences. With much austerity of man
ner, Baldwin reprimanded the tardy
paphars romindad them of the cost
to which the infant State was subjected
by paying of their per diems and was
proceeding to further elaborate his Gen.
sure on their late arrival and the conse-
quent delay of legislation, when one of
the delinquents, exasperated beyond
control, cried out, " Hold on there, Mr..
Speaker, hold ON How could We tell
what time it was, when the Speaker of
the House had all the watches ?'-At-
fred Mathe,0s, IN Harper's Magazine.
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KELL!E'S STORY.

rs the bona fide New Yorker ever
tired, or sick, or sorry? Does he ever
stop"
So used TO ask my sister Alice, day
after day, as we took our drive to the
park, or sat Mt our window in the hotel,
where, in truth, / spent the greater part
OF my time, idly watching that busy,
restless, ever-increasing, evcr-changing
crowd, that surges throaP. the great
city like mighty wave, Sc ming to en-.
gulf and hurry all before Z.
"They tire me so, these people.
Where do they come from, and where
can they all be going? And don't you
suppose that among them all there
must be a few we should like to know 2"
Very probably" replied Alice,
laughing, "but how are we to impress
those few with wish to know us? Are
we to send an advertisement to the
daily papers stating that Two ladies,
possessing many agreeable qualities, but
very few acquaintances, would like to
enlarge their circle, and will receive ap-
plicants (who must bring undoubted
references as to character end position)
at such and such time p No, Nellie,
that would hardly do. How shall we
accomplish it? 1 am quite ready; to
tell the truth, this hermit life begins tc
worry me just little. have yielded
to your wish to be in perfect seclusion |;
but can see that the inspiriting atmos-
phere of New York has done you good,
Nellie, dear, in spite of yourself, and
now the sooner we come out of our shell
the better. Let us look around the
hotel, though we should never have the
courage to make any advances to strang-
ers, even if attracted by their appear
ance, and, on the whole, think the
matter will regulate itself. We have
been 'alone in crowd long enough,
now, aud | want to see my Nellie in her
proper sphere once more"
Aud then we wandered off into a dis
cussion, or rather long rambling chat,
about the kind of people we should
really like to have.
The daylight died away, and we
looked out at the beautiful city "under
the gaslight," and speculated afresh on
the probable destinies of the crowd still
tramping under our windows, and with
the evening papers and our many be-
loved books we ended the day.
Ours was strange position. We were
both comparatively young. Alice was
now 25, and 1 two years younger. With
out being by any means regular beauties,
we we're sufficiently good looking to
have been known IN our native town,
away down among the Hampshire hills,
as the pretty Langdon girls. We
were thoroughly well educated. Had
more money than we knew what to do
with, and were absolutely alone in the
world-our parents and only brother had
died some years before the time of which
/ am writing, and Alice was widow.
Poor child ! Her story is brief and sad
enough. The man she loved and married
ut Is, proved in every way unworthy,
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Falling Stars.

Astronomers divide meteors into sew
eral classes-aerial meteors, as winds,
tornadoes, etc; aqueous meteors, as
fogs, rain, snow, hail, etc; luminous
meteors, or those due to the action OF
elements in the air, as rainbows, halos,
parhelias, mirages, ETC.; electrical
meteors, as Gghtuings, auroras, ETC.; aud
igneous meteors as shooting or falling
stars, star-showers, bolides or fire-balls,
aerolites or meteorites, etc. In present
usage, says Professor Newton, the term
meteor is generally limited to the last
group, or to the igneous meteors. The
meteorites are all evidently fragments,
not separate formations. They are, says
the same authority, in the heavens, to
some extent, at least, grouped IN streams
along the orbits of known comets, and
hence have a common origin with them.
The continuity of these streams, the
double and multiple character of Biela's
and other comets, and the steady dimin-
ution of comets in brilliancy of success
i've returns, seems to argue q continuous
breaking up of the comet into fragments
by some cause, probably by the suns
heat. This view is strengthened by the
fact that the meteoric irons and stones
bring with them carbonic acid, which is
known to form so prominent part OF
the comets tail. 1t is now universally
admitted that igneous meteors are caused
by small bodies which have been travel
ing about the sun in their orbits, but
now come into the earth's atmosphere,
and, in general the shape of broken
fragments of stone. The outside is
usually covered with thin black crust,
which is evidently due to a melting of
the surface in the atmosphere. There
have been found at various times and
places, loose iron masses that are AS
sumed to he of meteoric origin, because
their peculiar form, their peculiar chemi-
cal composition, and their peculiar
crystalline structure are like those of the
iron masses that have been seen In sew
eral instances to come down from me-
teors. Shooting are seen on any
clear, moonlight night; they leave be-
hind, many of them, bright cloud of
phosphorescent light the meteors and
their trains have various colors-white,
green, blue, yellow, scarlet, etc; the
duration of the flight is generally less
than second of time, but the brighter
ones may last several seconds. The me-
teorites contain no elements, so far rs we
know, which have not been found on tho
earth, but these elements are com
pounded differently from any terrestrial
minerals sometimes they reach the
earth, and again are consumed in their
course. - Chicago Inter Ocean.
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what do you give them when they're
sick? ?" Wa'al, alters give cows salts
Epson salts. You might try that on
him." "How much shall we give him p
inquired the son. "Wa'al. L give COWS
jest pound; suppose u man is quar-
ter as big as a cow-give him quarter
of pound -
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A MAN living in the country far from
any phy stefan was taken suddenly iii i.
His family, in great alarm, not knowing
what else to do, sent for neighbor who
had n reputation for doctoring COWS.
Cant you give father something to
help him ?" asked one of the sons.
"Wa'al, / don't know nothin' about doc
TORN people" lyon know more than
we do, for you can doctor cows. Now.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-08
Josh RfllfngInsures.

Josh Billings says: 81 KUN to
the conclusion lately that life was
so onsartin' that the only wa for me
tn stand a fair chance with other
folks was tn git my life insured,
and so kalled on the agent OF the
Garden Angel Life Insurance Com
pany, and answered the following
questions, which was put tn me
over the top ov a pair of gold
specks, by a slick little fat old fell
er, with a little round grey head,
and as pretty little belly on him
as emmy man ever owned; Cues
tions-1st. Are you mail or fe-
mail? If so, pleze state how long
you have been so. I'd. Are you
subject to fits, and if so, do yu have
more than one at a time? Sd. Did
yu ever have emmy ancestors, and if
so, how much? 9Th. Do you ever
have emmy mite mares? 9th. Are yu
married or single, or are yu bache-
Tor? 9th. Do yu believe in flu
ture state? Ifyu do, state it. 9TH.
Have yu ever committed suicide, and
if so, how did it seem to affect yu?
Aftur answering the above ques-
tons like a man, in the confrmatif,
the silk little fat old Teller with
gold specks on ced [ was insured
for life, and proberly would remain
so for term ov years. thanked
him, and smiled one ov my most
Densive smiles"
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Why Some Farmers do not Succeed.

Why Some Farmers do not Succeed,
They do not curry horses.
They see no use in variety.
They will not make compost.
They stack fodder in the field.
They are fretful and impatient.
They see no difference in seeds.
They have no garden in the fall.
They are welded to old methods.
They give no attention to details.
They are slothful in everything.
They are wasteful and imprudent.
They ruin stock by low fencing
The weigh and measure stingily.
They have no method or system.
They go out often to see a man.
They have no shelter for wood.
They have no shelter for stock.
They see no good in a new thing.
They milk the cows late in the
day.
They starve the calf and milk the
cow.
They let the hoops fall from the
tubs.
They have no time to do things
well.
They prop the barn-door with a
rail.
they let the horse stand in the
rain.
They regard labor as misfor-
tune.
They let their fowls roost in the
trees.
They go to town without bust
ness.
They let their pigs thump in the
dust.
They neglect to trim up the
trees.
They do not believe in rotation of
crops.
They hang their harness in the
dust.
They take no pleasure in their
work.
They leave their plows in the
field.
They burn out the stove with a
blaze.
They let the clothes dry on the
fence.
They never use paint ca the
farm.
They let their gates swag and fall
down.
They plant very late in the
spring.
They do not keep up improve
ments.
They put off greasing their
wagon.
They are not active and indus
trious.
They have no care for home en-
They burn wood when there is
no need.
They don't know the best is the
cheapest.
They think small things are not
They are pennywise and 1Ol
pounds foolish.
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The resources that the big mo
nopolies can bring to bear in a con
test are not always measured care
fully by those who undertake to
wage war upon them. The grocers
in Columbus, Ohio, wanted to buy
oil on better terms than the Stand
ard Oil Company would supply
them, and purchased of other re-
finers. The Standard Company i'm
Isediately undersold the market.
Failing thus to bring the grocers to
deal with them, the oil company
started in the grocery business and
sold goods at cost. This state of
things continues. The grocers
stand firm, and, with public sympa-
thy on their side, promise to make
hard, bitter fight. The tempta-
ton to buy cheap groceries in these
times of high prices, however, is
likely to prove too much for the av
erage householder of Columbus,
and we fear the grocers will find
that the odiousness of the monopo-
" will not prevent their customers
from getting their flour and sugar
where they can buy cheapest. But
Ohio would seem to be a good mis-
sionary field for the anti monopo
ly party.
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0ur Yeung People
I Can and I VIII.


How many boys there are who
can, but never do, because, they
have no viii power, OF if they have,
do not use til Before undertaking
to perform any task you must care
fully consider whether you can do
it, and once convinced that you are
able to accomplish it, then say, 81
viii do il" with q determination
that you will never give up till it is
done, and you will be successful.
The difference between 'Give up''
and 81 can't and Il can and will, +"
| is just the difference between victo-
ry and defeat in all the great con-
ficts of life.
Boys, adopt for your motto, ''If
can I will,'' and victory will be
yours in all life's battle. Il can and
will" nerves the arms of the
worlds heroes to day, in whatever
department Of labor they are en-
gagged. 81 can and I VIII has
fought and won all the great battles
of life and Ofthe world.
/ know of boy who was prepar-
ing to enter the junior class of the
New York University. He was
studying trigonometry, and l gave
him three examples for his next les
son. The following day he came
into my room to demonstrate his
problems. Two of them he under
stood, but the third-a very diff
cult one-he had not performed.
said to him:
''Shall l help your"
mo, sir? can and will do it, if
You viii give me time"
1 said, Il will give you all the time
you wish"
"The next day he came into my
room to recite another lesson in the
same study.
"Well, Simon, have you worked
that exampe?''
''No, sir" he answered, "but
can and viii do it, if you give lit
tie more time"
Certainly; you shall have all the
time you desire"
L always like these boys who are
determined to do their own work,
for they make our best scholars,
and men too. The third morning
you should have seen Simon enter
the room. knew he had 1T for his
whole face told the story of his sue
cess. Yes, he had it, notwithstand- |
ing it had cost him many hours of
the severest mental labor, Not on
~ had he solved the problem, but |
what was of infinitely greater i'm
portance to him, he had begun to
develop mathematical powers which |
under the inspiration of 81 can and |
l WILL" he has continued to cult |
vate, until to-day he is professor of
in one of our largest |
colleges, and one of the ablest |
mathematicians of bis years in our
country,
My young friends let your motto !
ever be, "If L can wilI."-N. Y.
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LADIES' COLUMN.
Governing Children.

After all, / think there can be no
harm ia mentioning a few general
principles laid down by my father.
They are such as to commend them
selves most to the most practical.
And first for few negative ones.
l. Never give in to disobedience.
and never threaten what you are not
prepared to carry out.
3. Never loose your temper. 1
do not say never be angry. Anger
is sometimes indispensable, especi-
ally where there has been anything
mean, dishonest or cruel. But an
ger is very different from the loss of
temper.
3. OF all things, never sneer at
them; and be CAREFUL, even how you
rally them.
4. Do not work on their feelings
Feelings are far too delicate things
to be used for tools. 1t is like tax
ing the handspring out Of your
watch and notching it for saw. 1t
may be a wonderful saw, but how
fares your watch? Especially avoid
doing so in connection with religious
things, for so you will surely deaden
them to all that is finest. Let your
feelings, not your efforts on theirs,
affect them with a sympathy the
more powerful that it is not forced
upon them; and, in order to do this,
avoid being too English in the hid
ing of your feelings, A mans own
family has right to share his good
feelings.
5. Never show that you doubt,
except you are able to convict. To
doubt an honest child is to do what
you can to make a liar of him; and
to believe liar, if he is not alto
gether shameless, is to shame him.
6. Instil no religious doctrine
apart from its duty. If it has no
duty as its necessary embodiment,
the doctrine may be regarded as
doubtful.
7. Do not be hard on mere quar-
reling, which, like storm in nature,
is often helpful in clearing the moral
atmosphere. Stop it by judgment
between the parties. But be severe
as to the kind of quarreling and
temper shown in it. Especially give
no quarter to any unfairness arising
from greed or spite. Use your
strongest language with regard to
that
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Original Attachment

j. z. Fry VS.. W. F. Lynch and J, q. Gibbs
vs.. W. F. Lynch.
T n this cause it appearing to the satisfao-
ton of the urt by affidavit that the de-
fendant, W. Z. Lynch, is g nonresident OF
the state of Tennessee, 81 that the ordinary
process of law cannot be served on him, Aad
that be is justly indebted to the said J. z.
Fry in the sum of about $50, and to said J.
nal attachments having been issued and lev
led upon the estate of said W. r. Lynch; il
is therefore ordered that publication be made
fer four weeks in succession in the Pulaski
Citizen, newspaper published in Pulaski,
Tenn, commanding the said defendant 70
b ard appear before me At my Office 10
Lynuville. Giles county, Tenn, 'On or before
the Gath day Of December, 1881, and make
defense to this suit, OF it will be proceeded
with ex-parte. j. NJ. FARMER,
deel-4t BJustice ofthe Peace.
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him, and, summoning up all his
courage, he placed himself in his
auditors usual attitude, and copy
ing his voice and manner as closely
as his emotion would allow, ad
dressed the grand chamberlain, who
with other -courtiers was enjoying
the scene, as follows: chamberlain,
give orders that a qualification of
FIVE hundred roubles be paid that
excellent actor, M. Alexandra
Michel" "That will do" interrupted
Nicholas, laughing heartily: 81 am
quite satisfied with the resemblance
of the portrait, and, as an emperor's
word ought to be as good as his
bond, you will see,'' he added, turn
ing to the chamberlain, chat M.
Michel has his money"
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Reform the Fences!

Somebody has made a calculation
showing that the money invested
IN fences in the United States
amounts in the aggregate to more
than the national debt. These
fences, moreover must, be renewed
on the average once in every ten
years. They are growing more ex-
pensive with the scarcity of timber
and the increasing demand for lum-
Der for more important purposes.
Some substitute must be found.
Wire is extensively used, but there
are serious objections to it in all It's
forms.
Why not adopt the Usage orange?
Properly treated, it makes an ex.
cellent hedge. When the plants are
allowed to grow up untrimmed they
make beautiful trees, and a few of
them, permitted to shoot up at in
tervals, are very desirable both
for shade and ornament. With
good attention a hedge may be oh
tanned in three or four years that
will turn the largest or the smallest
animal. Better still,it will turn men
and boys. The lawless tresspassers
have hard road to travel when they
have either to bolt through an Usage
hedge or run a quarter of a mile to
find gate.
Nothing would go further to re
lieye the farmer from this annoy
ance, which in the neighborhood of
towns is almost uncomfortable, than
the general introduction of the
hardy Usage hedge. The sports
men, who are annually urging the
legislature to greater stringency in
the laws for the preservation of
game, may also profitable consid-
er how much this cheap and simple
would contribute to their
object. The hedge is the best
friend Of the bird, and the worst en-
envy of the trespasser and pot hun
ter.-TN. Y. Sun.