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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
The Bluc Doctor.

One of the curiosities Of Paris is DR..
Chirou, called the ''blue grass. This
name he obtained through being called
in to see lady who was at the point of
death. as was supposed, from some mys-
FERROUS weakness. He sent at once, not
for indictments, but for an upholster-
er, and ordered this tradesman at once
to refur1iish the whole of the iadys
rooms with stuffs and carpets dyed with
indigo. He clothed her with stuffs SINH
larly dyed, and ordered that none should
approach her unless clad in indigo-dyed
garments. The result was, so the story
goes, that the lady recovered, and M.
Chirou received the name of "ie docteur
bieu." He is not liked by the regular
practitioners, who do not scruple to call
him quack, but he has made some
wonderful cures by wonderful methods.
One of these cures occurred with the
wife of an eminent English statesman.
This lady had long suffered from an APP
parently incurable cough of very dis
tressing nature. She went to the blue
doctor, who for three months made her
inhale daily mixture of chloroform and
the fumes of some strong acid. Every
day she was chloroformed to insensi-
bility, and at the same time was acidu-
lated, with the result that she IS now
quite we'll
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Inc Yankee and the Philosopher.

1t has been truthfully said that the
course of the British Government in
dealing hesitatingly with the law-break-
ers in ireland recalls the indecision Of
Buchanan and his fellow politicians in
their vacillation in 1861. TO the latter
the following story would have given as
strong hint as it does to the former A
shrewd Yankee and an English philoso-
pher were travelling together in South
America. One day they sheltered from
a storm In large hut. in one corner of
which was n stack of wood. They had
not been there long when three or four
snakes, attracted by the warmth of the
fire which the travellers had lighted,
came out of the stack of wood. The
philosopher Immediately began to des-
cant on the Final cause" of the creation
of poisonous reptiles, and to ask whether
man was justified in destroying them.
The Yankee cut his discourse short by
remarking, 81 guess we had better
smash the critters first, and you can
crate about them aftervard," and pro-
ceeded to knock the snakes on the head
with the butt end of his le.-Har7er's
Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
USEFUL HINTS,

A SPOONFUL OF stewed tomatoes in the
gravy of either roasted or fried meats ID
All advantage. ..t .1ss. y.
To KEEP lemons fresh, place them In
jar filled with water, to be renewed
every day or two.
A LADY says that to kill insects she
uses one teaspooniul of kerosene to a
gallon Of water, and sprinkles it on the
plants with hand-broom. 1t destroys
green flies and other pests.
CANDLEs are sometimes kept burn
ing in sick-rooms or nurseries
the whole night. An easy method OF
preventing too-rapid combustion is to
place salt, finely powdered, from the
tallow to the black part of the wick Of a
partly-burnt candle. OF course, the
light is only sufficient for bed-cham-
Der.
THE little boxes of thin wood which
are used to carry butter on lard in, when
covered with cambria or silk, make
pretty work boxes. Small peach bas-
kets, painted and lined with ga bright
color, are ornamental and convenient,
beside affording the satisfaction which
comes from making something from
nothing.
WHEN putting up curtains which are to
be draped, in n low room, put the cor
nice to which the curtains are to be fast
ened close to the ceiling, even If the
window is put in lower down, as it gives
the effect of greater height to the room.
The curtains meeting Mt the top will con-
ceal the wall.
THE paper iamp-shades so fashionable
just now can be made very easily. Fold
n sheet of tissue paper in the center,
forming half square then fold again
into q quarter square, then into an
eighth. Continue folding in this way as
long as possible, always folding from the
center. Holding the thick part firmly
in one hand, draw it through the other
till the paper is thoroughly creased
then partly unfold and draw it through
the hand from the center to the outer
edge. When it has become well creased,
cut enough from the center to allow OF
its slipping over the lamp-shade.
THE white wheaton loaves, considered
so desirable, are by no means the most
nutritious, as some of the most nourish.
ing principles of the wheat are lost in
the whitening process. BY this process
the flour is deprived to a great degree OF
its gluten and phosphate, both important
elements of food Whole meal flour has
heen offered to the public, but its dark
color has interfered with its sale. Bread
made of such flour needs no yeast, as
enough carbonic acid is evolved in Its
preparation to secure sufficient lightness
of the dough. Some persons have sup
posel that lack of the phosphates il
the -four generally used by Americans
was one of the causes of the defective.
ness of the the teeth so common In this
country,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Cutting 1t short.

"Once, during the days of my early
Booth, "and while we were barn-storm-
ing down i'll Virginia, an odd thing hap
pencd. which illustrates the shifts to
whicha poor player was then put in
order to get along. We were playing
showing they called it then-one
night at little place called Lees Land
ing, and the tobacco warehouse we had
improvised into theater was crowded
by the planters for miles around. We
had arranged to take the weekly steamer
that we expected would touch there late
that night, and between the acts were all
busy packing up. The play was the
Merchant of Venice, and We were just
going on for the court scene, where the
Jew insists on his pound of flesh, when
we heard whistle blow, and the man
ager came running in to say that the
steamer had arrived ahead of time and
would leave again in ten minutes.
"As that was our only chance of get
ting down to the Chesapeake for week,
we were naturally in a terrible guam
Diary. If we stop right here and ex-
plain, said the manager, 'the audience
will think they are being cheated, and
go in tor a free fight. The only thing
We can do is for you fellows to get up
some sort OF a natural-like, impromptu
ending for the piece, and ring down the
drop. Gro right ahead, ladies' and gen.
tlemen, and take your cue from Ned,
here, and he hurried away to get the
luggage or board.
- lcl l>nn,, ~, o,,x, ~tbav x,,,o,-{,r
of thecountry wouldn't have had the as
surance to do as he said, but the ignor-
ance of the 'clay-eaters, or ordinary
Virginians of those days. was something
marvellous, SO when old George Ruggles,
who was doing Shylock, got to where-he
sharpens his knife on his shoe, 1 walked
solemniy up to him and said
GO You're bound to have the flesh, are
you?
"You bet your life, said George,
under the impression that he was i'm
promising very skillfully indeed.
Now, I'll make you one more dick
er,' continued. In addition to the
bag of ducats, III throw in two kegs of
niggerhead terback, shotgun and
couple OF tho best coon dogs In the
State
"' I'm blamed if L don't do it, said
Shylock, much to the appreciation of
the audience, who were tobacco-raisers
and coon hunters from the ground up.
"'And to show that there is no hard
feeling said Portia, tucking up her
legal gown, well wind up with Vir-
ginny reel.
"And as the prompter struck up
'Monnie Musk on his fiddle, we danced
q couple of figures, and made a break for
the boat as the curtain fell, amid thun-
ders of applause. a.
When we got on board, the steamers
Captain, WHO he'd Witnessed the conclu-
sion OF the play with great delight, ten
dered the troupe the compliment Of a
hot supper, and remarked, as We sat
down to what was q rare treat in those
'palmy days of the drama:
"'rd like to see the whole of that
play sometime, gentlemen. I'm blamed
If thought that fellow Shakespeare had
so much snap to him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
The Milling Interest.

Thirty years ago the center of the
-four milling interest of the country was
in the northern parts of this State, es-
pecially in Rochester and Osweoo. Since
then, however, the railroad system has
been constantly extending westward,
while the "wheat belt" has been steadily
shifting in the same direction, 80. that
the milling business has been largely
transferred to the West and Northwest,
where about two-thirds of the -four man
ufactured III the Union is now produced.
During the last decade the Northwestern
States have doubled the number of their
flour mills and tripled their run of stones,
and new milling facilities of the latest
and most approved patterns are con-
stantly either taking the place of the old
ones or adding to their productive Ca
pacity.-Rurat New Yorker.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

never said a word about seeing Palmer
pull mp several turnips he only said he
had heard say that Palmer had pulled
mp q turnip, and that Barnes, the bar
her, was the person who had told him
about il. The farmer, almost out Of
,,rtience at this account, hurried off to
Barnes, the barber, who wondered much
that the people should find pleasure in
spreading idle tales which had no truth
in them He assured the farmer oil he
had said about the matter, while he
took OFF Ire beard of Tom Slack, was
that, for all he knew, Palmer was as
likely man to pull up turnip as his
neighbor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Advice to Marksmen.

Sergeant A. b. Van Husen, of the
Twelfth Regiment, New York, gives the
following advice to marksmen before the
butts: Hold your rifle loosely and pull
it off with twitch. Grip your gun m
though YOU were making n bayonet
thrust. Strain it to your shoulder rs if
it was your best friend. Control your
rifle, don't LET the rifle control you
Pull SO carefully and STEADILY that you
won't know when it is going off Hold
it SO firmly that you can look through
tire sights 10 the target after the smoke
clears away Don't finch or twitch the
trigger. When You get a good aim, hold
your breath and fire with steady pres
sure OF the trigger. If You are nervous.
rest moment. Keep cool. Remember
the best shot on the ground will have to
lie just as careful about aiming as you
Are.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
How a Story Grows.

A farmer once was told that his trlr-
nip field had been robbed, and that the
robbery had been committed Ivy poor,
inoffensive man, of the name of Palmer,
who, many of the people of the village
said, had taken away wagon load of
t'lrnips. Farmer Brown, much exasper-
ated by the loss of his turnips, deter
mined to prosecute poor Palmer with all
the severity of the law. With this in
ten,ion he went 70 Molly Sanders, the
washerwoman, who had been busy in
spreading the report. to know the whole
truth ; but Molly denied ever having
said anything about wagon load of
turnips. 1t was but cart load that
Palmer had taken, and Dame Hodson,
the huckster, had told her SO, over and
over again. The farmer, hearing this,
went to Dame Hodson, who said that
Molly Sanders was always making things
worse than they really were that
Palmer had taken only wheelbar1 ow
full of turnips, and that she had her ac-
count from jenkins, the tailor. Away
went the farmer to Jenkins. the tailor,
who stoutly denied the account alto
gether he had only told Dame Hodson
that Palmer had pulled up several tur-
nips, but how many he could not tell,
for that he did not see himself, but was
told Ivy Tom Slack, the plowmnn.
Farmer Brown next questioned Tom
Slack, who, in his turn, declared he had
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
An Honest Ticket Agent.

A reformed ticket agent, now engaged
in mercantile pursuit, and who looks
back with profound melancholy and re-
morse to his wicked career, as he sailed
in rs a ticket agent, told me that once,
in his sinful days, he was employed at
Chicago on through line from that in
corpoated Boreas on the lake to New
York city, which, made up Of q new
Vanderbilt. To extend its custom the
combination had at Chicago a corps OF
able bodied runners, to seize wayfarers
by the throat and fetch them mp TO the
ticket agent, where the innocent trav-
eler was to be talked into ticket over
the combination. tY slt...s1
One day An aDle-bodied ruffian came,
leading up rough looking customer,
who wished to purchase ticket to New
York by the way of Cleveland. The
combination did not touch Cleveland.
But evidently the old white-hatted,
loose-trousered, coarse-booted country
man, with his white head and goggling
look, did not know what he wanted 1t
was for the ticket agent to care for him
and 30 he ratified on, ticket In hand,
until the miserable, goggle-eyed old
nuflle-toes had extracted from fat wal
let the price and shambled awkwardly
away.
Say, old fellow" asked friend who
happened to be in the Office, lido you
know who you sold ticket to then ?"
Some old fool of a corn-cracker."
Not bit of it-that was Horace
Greeley"
Gee whillicans and he wanted to go
to Cleveland ?"
"Yes, he's billed to lecture there, and
the Tribune will give your combination
the devil for the swindle."
"That's so. Put your cheek to this
hole till find him."
Away ran the ticket agent. It was
not difficult to find the hotel at which
the venerable philosopher lodged. The
ticket agent found him in the reading
room, porting over stale issue of the
Tribune. He tapped Horace ON the
shoulder, and the philosopher looked up
with the child-like expression of his that
seemed to come out from open eyes and
mouth.
81 beg your pardon, said the agent,
"but sold Won ticket to New York
while since, and made mistake"
''m the money, 1 suppose" replied
Horace, dryly.
"No, sir; in the route. remem-
bered after You left you said Cleveland.
Now the ticket gave you will not take
you to Cleveland"
"The hell it DON'T" cried Greeley,
starting up. "Well. young man, can
tell you that would be great disap-
pointment to Cleveland"
don't know anything about that
but did not want any man to miss his
way through any fault of mine. So
I've been III every hotel i'll Chicago after
you"
1.-The devil you have p
81 have. There is the right ticket
It's over rival line. But my honor,
sir, rises above trick. 1 bought the
right ticket for you, and if you will
give me the old one we will be even"
Young man, said Horace, fishing
from his capacious pocket the ticket OF
the combination, "you are very good /;
200 good, come to think of it, for ticket
agent Leave that, good young man,
before your innocent nature is corrupt
ed, or your patent-screw pod-anger line
is burstedup. Go West, young man go
West. - Washington Capital.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

and MOI only yours, but mine--his "a
TIERS. Heaxsnl'' here the strong man
shook a. with palsy, That my son
should be 90 base, SO cruel! Lucy, the
sympathy which /, as his father, have
felt for you has turned to love-idola-
try" o,' ts'io''...i ,--
'"Monsterl away!" she gasped, with a
conyulsive spring backward, while her
eyes flashed, her cheeks crimsoned, and
her hands were clenched. youths
father-to insult me-let me pass!"
"Neverl'' he Kissed, springing to her
side again. eff not with your will, then
without it, Won shall be my wifel"
And, spatching moistened handlSer-
chief which had been lying Oh the table:
he pressed it firmly to her nose and
mouth. In q few seconds Lucy trey
sank senseless to the floor. Gently lift
ing her i'm his arms. SIR James carried
his senseless burden through the gloomy,
intricate halls till he stood before heavy
door rusty with age. Unlocking 1t, he
entered a large room with diminutive
windows, through which a single ray OF
light threw its halo over swords and
weapons Wondering into dust. De-
posting his burden on q large square
bed standing in a corner of the room, he
silently withdrew, and, on hour later,
was strolling modify through the
garden below.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
: My father. 7"

Peas PuDDiSG.-Soak pint of split
peas twelve hours, then put them into
'ailcepan with enough water TO cover
them, and set them tn boil, adding more
water at intervals. When they arc qnite
lone. drain oil the water and pass them
through n sieve; adj n couple of eggs.
copper. salt aud butter 10 taste. mix
thoroughly well anl pnt the pudding
AUTO n lHtter'd mobl. tie n cloth over It
nd set 1t to boil in plenty of water for a
couple of hours. Tdrn it ont and serve.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Salaries OF British Ministers.

The salary list of the British Govern
ment shows the relative rank assigned
to Washington as diplomatic station
10y the European pow.rs. The British
Minister Mt Paris receives mn annual sal
airy of $50, 900; at Vienna, $4,000; at
CoDstantinople, $4,000; at st. Peters
burg, 500. 600; Mt Berlin, 49,, 600; ut
Pekin, $50, 600; mt Madrid even. S27,-
600; while at Washington Sir Edward
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

Thornton is obliged to live on S25, 900
and very considerable number Of al.
lowances. In point OF grade the Euro
peans rank Washington practically with
the missions to Brazil, to Japan, to the
Hague and to Lisbon. tFE~f
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

In one of its misanthropic moments
the Detroit Free Press says: 1.-THE av-
erage woman does not pretend to believe
half she reads or what her neighbors
tell her. 1t is only when she whacks
up dollar to a clairvoyant that she ex-
poets to get the real old solid gospel
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

tunt you sAou40 ooPo~s ~~SsS 'o&J ~~SoA
noon - ------.----..-.--t--t ~
"This very afternoonl" Arthur invol-
unfairly murmured, in a tone slightly
saddened, for his thoughts we're rapidly
travelling toward Lucy, his love. Rous-
ing himself from his gloomy reverie, he
replied, with force OF cheerfulness;
Every well, father; I will leave note
for LUCY i'm your care, and this afternoon
shall see me off" And with these words
on his lips, the young man retired to
prepare for his journey. e. ed
For few moments Sir James Bolton
pulled desperately OH his cigar. He was
rejecting, and, as the thoughts chased
each other away, the varying expression
of his face was marked and serious.
''.He is my son" he broke ont fiercely,
throwing his cigar far from him. God
knows L love him, and fain would spare
him, but the hand of fate is closing about
me, and must succumb. Heaven!"
he groaned, pacing mp and down the
path excitedly. "What l snfferl And
for whom. for what? For Arthur All.
If it were any other human being, /
could crush him to the earth from my
path with exultatioa! But now" he cried
pitifully, the color coming and going from
his face, 81 must stab my own sons
heart to the core. Must l? Oh, how
the chains drag me to the groundl And
yet I must have her. Love, love!" he
continued, passionately, breaking from
his strain of remorse. "What power ~
this, what chains are these, that binds
me to dishonor! Love and honor should
go hand in hand, but not with me-not
with me! BY Heavens!" he cried, rag
ing fiercely up and down, 81 shall have
her!" And, with a glance toward tho
blue sky above he fell on his knees and
Kissed 81 swear it,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04
Not the Right Animal.

Teacher" John, what are your boots
made of ?"
Boy" OF leather"
" Where does the leather come from ?"
From the hide of the OK.
"What animal, therefore, supplies
you with boots and gives you meat to
eat ?"
- Ny father"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

Two eat down IN the morning tina
Ons 70 sing and one 70 spin. n 80
All men listened to the sony sublime,
But no one listsned1O the dull wheels din.
ou C1l Icl ceu1l Tlgii nl.ElyI-V- Tinrll
The singer abe sat In . pleasant pook, ,l
And sang Of hfe that was fair and sweet,
While the spinner sat with steAdfast look,
Buaily plying her hands and feet ~
The singer sang on, with rose In her hair,
And All men listened b her sweet tone;
And the spinner spun on with duh despair
Down In her heart ~ she sat alone. IN
Bot 10 on the morrow no one said M
Aught Of the <ihger or what she sang
Men were saying, behold this threadl"
And loud the praise Of the spinner rang.
The world has forgotten the singers name
Her ross IL faded, her songs are old;
But far Ger tue ocean the spinper's fame
Yet Is blazoned In lines OF gold.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

A PRECIOUS boy of 6 years, listening
wearily to a long winded tale related by
q prosy relative, took advantage of o
short pause to say, slyly 81 wish that
story had been brought out in numbers"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-04

GIRL, yawning over lessons" I'm
so tired | should like to go to Sleep"
Boy" Ill tell you what you do, then
get up early tomorrow, and have q good
sleep before breakfast.
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visit her sunts in london; and besides,
Arthur, IL Ia of the most vital Importance
that you should depart this very after
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-16
Chicago NArkRf.

CAIcAso, Sept l0.-Flour Scarce aud firm
Wheat-Aetive ani shade higher; very unset
tied; No , red winter, 49, No. . Chicago spring
1.224 LIS for seller CASH 1865 for seller 0cto-
Der, 1925 for seller November 1.3O'. for seller
December; l.22 for seller the year; sales at 1921
i23a for seller September; l26 ,al .2S 1 for sell
Ter October; l.30 al y for seller December; No.
, Chicago. spring LII. rejected, s0aSS. Corn
Unsettled and generally higher 63 for seller the
year; 7li. for seller May. 0ats-F Fairly active
and shade higher; 3S4 for seller cash; 3Sa
3s4 for seller September; So a39for seller Octo-
ber; 39zs for seller November 4O71 for seller De
cember; 3Si4 for seller the year Rye-Steady and
changed Barley Strong and higher, l.O6. Flax
Seed -Firmer at l.3laI3j. Pork nsetted and
and generally higher; closed easy; 1910 for seller
cash 1940GI 1912 for seller October; l9.Jjal9.6O
for seller December; l950a19.j5 for seller year.
Lard-Active; 1l.l2 for seller the year; l7.31 Il
for seller October; l7.475s Tor seller Noyem-
ber. The "Drovers' JOURNAL" reports: Hogs
Receipts, lsO00 shipments, 200; active; firm;
mixed packing, 6.20a65 30, light or bacon, $50
Assoc, choice heavy shipping, 6.65a7.lJi culls
and grassers; 4.OOa6.25. Cattle - Receipts,
5000; shipments, 3, 200; unchanged: fair demand
exports, slow, 6.20a6.j0; choice, scarce wanted.
) 60a6 90; common to medium, including grassers
aod coarse corn fed Colorado, 80; native butch
ers and %; stockers and feeders slow z.25a2 26:
dairy calves. per head, ok range cattle, Texans,
3.25aa4.00, one extra lot. 3.2G: half breeds and
natives. 360a4.50 Sheep-Receipts, 5000; more
active and firm; porter house. 3.50a4.J0; medi-
um. 6.2j; demand almost wholly local.