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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
The Electricity OF Young Couple
Utilized.

Since the electric light has proved a
success for the lighting of large build
ings, it has occurred to scientific man
that electricity could be used on wheeled
vehicles. He knew by experience that
there was always more or less electricity
wasted for instance, when young
couple is out riding so he experimental.
The scientist had learned that certain
young man had engaged a buggy at
livery stable for the evening; 80 he
bribed the livery man to allow him to
experiment on the buggy. The young
lcientist put a small electric lamp on the
sower part of the dashboard out of sight
of the driver, and ran small copper wires
to the back of the seat. 1t is well
known to the student of nature that
when a brunette young man and blonde
girl, who act as the positive and mega
tive--that is, he is positive he will put
his arm around her, and she negatives
the arrangement along at first, until
after dark-there is certain electric
current established, small In itself, but
of great power if properly husbanded.
1t is like your arm getting asleep or hit
ting your funny bone on the arm of
rocking chair Well, this wire was
placed SO that the arms of the young
people would touch it. Just as they
were passing the toll gate, they began
to snug up, and the little electric lamr
began to throw out light. 1t went un-
der the horses feet and Lit up the road
for several rods, and the young people
were almost rs astonished as the horse
was. They thought there was some.
body following them with lantern, and
they Strengthened up and the light went
out. Every little while they would get
near together and kiss each other slyly
and squeeze, and Immediately the light
would blaze up. The girl was real
frightened and insisted on the young
man sitting on his side of the buggy,
and he was little frightened the first
few times that the light fared up; but
as he had come out to hug, he was 60.
ing to hug if it turned the night into
day; SO he went to lying to her about
the horse being a phosphorus horse.
He said there were some horses so full
of phosphorus that when they got
warmed up little from driving they
shed light all around. Then they got
nearer and the electricity again APP
peared, and for an hour they rode along
in the evening by the bright light The
young scientist passed them number
of times in another buggy, and he is sc
well satisfied with the experiment that
he will apply for patent. The young
lady was very much annoyed at the
queer light, and while she cannot say
that she did not enjoy the ride she has
requested her escort to be careful next
time and not get phosphorus horse.
The young man, when he got back tc
the stable, told the livery man that tina,
was the lightest rig he ever drove, and he
wanted calcium light the next time he
took his girl out. They will know what
caused the light when they read this.
It is going SO there is electricity in every.
thing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
British Army Buttons.

Year by year the British army, once
the most beautifully and brilliant
ly-equipped in the world, loses some
thing in picturesqueness. Feathers and
epaulettes are gone, and, except with
the hnssars, lace of gold or silver has all
but disappeared. Such is the rage for
economy and utility that every button,
save such AZ may be absolutely necessary
to keep his clothes upon his back, has
vanished from the soldiers tunic. The
marines are still permitted half a dozen
such ornaments on the skirts of their
tunics, but il is enough 60 make soldiers
Respondent and ciyi.ilns smile to observe
how button after button ia cut off the
uniforms OF both cavalry and infantry.
Two are all that are now allowed ut the
back of the infantry tunic. The very
iacings are pared down to the merest
selvage. Those decorations which gave
prettiness and variety to the uniform,
and werc once regarded as the distinctive
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

He entered the drugstore and softly
inquired:
Have you temperance drink?"
"Two or three OF 'em. Will you take
soda water or ginger ale ?"
"Well, our society does not regard
either OF those as a strictly temperance
drink. Both are associated with strong
er liquors."
How would root beer answer ?"
Suspicious, suspicious" was the
whispered reply.
"Ah I've got it now !"
"Ahp
81 can give you straight temper
ance drink, as cool as ice, but it comes
high"
"How much?"
"Ten cents glass"
Every WE'LL" said the old man as he
put down his dime.
The druggist was absent only q min
ute, and then returned, and placed O
glass OF liquid before him. The old man
drank half OF it, smacked his lips, and
asked:
May ask what you call it?"
Certainly; it is called water. / just
drew it from the. hydrant."
much harder than he needed to, but
toned his coat, and, with glance meant
to reduce the druggists weight to 120
pounds III five seconds, marched out as
stiff as a bean pole, and crossed the
street after lemonade favored with
peppermint essence.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
The Biggest Elevator in the World.

The elevator of David, Bows & Co.,
in Brooklyn, n. Y, is the largest struct-
ure of the kind In the world. 1t has 100
feet front on Columbia street, and ex-
tends thence 200 feet to the river, 600
feet being occupied by the main build
ing, which is of brick, and 600 feet by q
frame extension, which is sheathed with
tin. The frame building is forty five
feet high, and has tower in its center
100 feet high from the wharf level The
brick building is eighty-fye feet high,
aud has an elevator tower in the north
east portion 120 feet high. Three tow
ers rise from the center line of the
main building about 100 feet from each
other. Each tower is It's feet high.
1t required 1900 piles, twenty-five
feet long, to form foundation for the
massive building, as the soil permitted
no other foundation. The piles were
covered with heavy timber, upon which
stone foundation three feet thick was
laid, and above tins rises solid brick
wall. The jar of the machinery, which
Is q conss,ult menace to all great build
ings, is broken by heavy bracing beams
two and half feet square, extending
liOu uDOi W hOoI, SIhiiiuhS upon /" eohu
base of stone laid over sixteen piles
sunk close together.
The machinery of the elevator can
take grain at the rate OF 5000 bushels an
hour from the barges or vessels at the
pier. The grain is elevated, sifted and
famed, weighed, stored, put in bins.
and then transferred to vessels at the
pier There is nearly milo of wire
cable used to transfer the steam power,
and about five miles of betting, called
conveyors, carry the grain up with rail-
road speed. These conveyers travel at
the rate of GOO feet a minute, and carry
to it's destination two and third bush.
els OF grain minute. No shoveling is
Unnecessarily
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
"SOlIa Wafer."

The beverage popularity known as So
da water is SO named because it was
formerly made of bicarbonate of soda or
baking-soda and, in the East, bicarbon-
ate of soda is still largely employed the
manufacturers claiming that no cheaper
ingredient can be furnished that can so
well serve their purpose. 1t is said the
basis of all fermented beverages now
manufactured il mostly made from sui
phuric acid and ground limestone, and
not marble-dust, as is generally sup
posed. 1t is ground to the consistency
of -four in powerful steam mill and
passed through sieve; the finer it is
ground the greater the quantity of gas
that viii I've produced. BY the time it is
we'll screened it is almost pure carbon
ate of lime, and is then poured into an
alright metallic vessel, denominated a
generator, and saturated with sulphuric
acid. By the union of gas and lime the
sulphate OF gypsum Is formed, and the
carbonic gas is eliminated Afterward
the sulphate of gypsum is blown out of
the generator, the gas rs passed through
the pipes to another vessel, when it
is passed through the water, for the
purpose of freeing it of the presence of
oil of vitrlol or any other noxious gas.
From the gasometer the gas is passed
into portable fountains, containing fl
tered water for it is known that water
at low temperature will absorb its own
volume of carbonic acid gas, and the
colder the water the more gas it will alb
sorb. This is the reason why portable
fountains are always kept In cool cellars.
-Grocer's Bulletin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
A Sharp Barber.

GINS de Smith is not very prompt in
paying his debts. He is also in the
habit of getting shaved on the credit
system Yesterday he was in the barber
shop getting shaved, but somehow he
did not enjoy it very much, for his chin
was bleeding in several places.
"What in the Hades ID the matter Of
that razor? l reckon it has not been
sharpened in an age" said Gus.
IL dunno what's de matter wild de
razor, sab. 1 always shaves you wild the
same razor, and L sharpened dis heah
razor on de berry same day you paid me
for de last shave, and jess as soon as you
makes an nuder payment I'll sharpen it
some moah," said the tonsorial artist.-
T6ras Siftings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
What Became of /" Ma"

The "labor question" and the ques-
ton of taxation are the great practical
problems of Fiijan life. 1t is not easy to
ascertain how far "black, birding" or
stealing prevailed before the an
nexation. Mr.. Cooper's own accounts of
the matter seem rather inconsistent. At
present the Governor does his best to
secure the return of imported laborers
to their homes when their term has ex-
pired. Mr.. Cooper thinks that those
half-civilized returned emigrants raise
the moral tone of their neighbors. 1t is
certain that the Solomon Islanders seem
to have become rather more than less
savage during recent years. An anus
ing story is told of an imported Poly
nesian nurse who returned to her own
people after she had served her time.
A recruiting agent" met her, and asked
her if she would return to Fiji.
"Well, "said the girl, ct like it, but /
don't know if my pa will let me CO."
"Oh, see the old folks live here,
eh?"
"My pa lives here, but my mas
dead"
"Oh, how did the old lady die?"
"Gentleman come visiting, and pa gets
jealous 80 he fight and kill rla, then he
put her in II loyo (or oven), and pa and
his friends eat poor ma all up. LON
don Saturday Re0icaO.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

A NEW file should always be usec
with light pressure until the very thin
sharp edges are worn off, after which a
heavier pressure may be used with much
less danger of the teeth crumbling at
the top or breaking off, at the base.
Every tilei should keep partially-worn
file TO be used first on chilled surfaces or
gritty skin of castings, or on weld
where borax or similar huxes have been
employed, or on the glazed surface of
saws after cumming.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
pOisOns.

We all have great horror of being
poisoned, without exactly understanding
what il is. Poison is distrganization
of flesh and blood, or both. Poisons are
of two kinds one. the result of medici-
nal agents taken into stomach or cireu-
lation, the other the RESULT of bites or
stings of living creatures. will now
state two ideas, which, if generally known
and remembered, would save thousands
of lives every year. IL you have swal-
lowed poison, whether laudanum, ar
senic. or any other thing poisonous. p It
tablespoonful of ground must md m Q
glass of water, cold or warm, stir AID
swallow quickly, and instantane o1sly the
contents of the stomach will be thrown
up. not allowing the poisonous substance
time to be absorbed and taken into the
blood and. as coon as vomiting ceases,
swallow the white Of one or two new
eggs, for the purpose Of antagoni eng
any small portion of the poison which
may have been left behind. Let the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
Ilaby n Dead.

"Dcad, dead, dead Tread softly
as you enter the room where Baby lies,
with tho mark OF denth impressed in in
Sh Do not disturb, In her silent COM
munion with the dead, the heart-broken
mother. Tears have ceased to flow but
gazing into the depths of her eyes you
can SEQ the reflection of the storm that
RACES in mighty fury within her mind.
The light of her life has gone out, and
heavy clouds of woe are settling down
upon her. Years will come and 60, Odd
friends will die and be mourned for, and
new ones take their places, but the face
of that dead child will remain inetfacea-
bly, within her heart rs though traced by
lines of fire.
limo cannot wean us from our sorrow;
Az tits to-day, NO It's tomorrow.
While years years may roll away,
And youthS fullness TO age give way,
The memory of the one now gone
Dwells in the heart, 80 dark and lone.
Soon the hearse, with its dark and
heavy trimmings, will arrive to bear
Baby away-away to the sacred pre-
cincts of the dead, where strong but
tender hands will consign it to an earthen
home. But perhaps the hands that to-
day lower Baby's form into the grave
will tomorrow lie crossed upon life
less form, and that which they perform
for Baby to-day be enacted for them to-
morrow.
All is now over. The mother has re-.
turned to her blighted home. How
empty and lonesome and dreary it seems.
The rooms and balls which once echoed
to childish pratthngs and happy laugh
ter are now silent and deserted but
steadily the gloom of woe and misery
settles down and shuts out the light of
day. Mother calls, but no response is
made, for
Empty Is the cradle wherein the Baby slept,
Silent are the rooms wherein the Baby played,
Ger its infant form the of death have swept,
In the graves cold depths Baby has been Mid.
Heavy is a heart; turns the fearful eyes;
Tagging Is the step; cageworn, sad and pale
Vast and deep the gloom, filed with mufiled sighs.
There sgns of woe-cease the beautiful tale.
Syracuse Courier.
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,oder remember the principle. which is.

rsader remember the principle, which is,
t, get the poison out of you ~ soon as
possible; there are other things which
viii have speedy emetic effect, but the
advantage OF mustard is, it is always at
hand, it act simultaneously, without any
after medicinal effects. The use OF the
white OF an egg is that, although it does
not nullify all poisons, it antagonizes
larger number than any other agent SO
readily attainable. But, while taking
the mustard or egg, send for aphysician;
these are in order to save time, as the
difference of twenty minutes is often
death.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
A TOUGH HORSE STORY.
The Cincinnati Enquirer lately published

The Cincinnati Enquirer lately published
the following horse story, which we give
just as it appeared: "A curious instance
Of sagacity in the horse occurred recently
in the stables of Mr.. A. Toughman, situated
on North Elm street. Mr.. Il. has for long
time been in the habit of using ST. JACOBS
OIL, the Great German Remedy, in his ex-
tensive stables. Among Mr.. It's many
horses is great powerful Canadian draught
horse. This animal in course of time got
80 that that he knew the ST.. JACOBS OIL
bottlevery well DWELL, in fact, that one day
recently on Mr.. It's return from business
upon entering the stables he caught him
licking the sore shoulder of beast which
stood beside him; the animal, giving wise
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

"Who was the inventor of the electric
telegraph asks the approved school
book. "Morse," glibly replies the boy.
Yet the boy and his book are wrong.
Morse invented the characters now in
use and nothing more than this. The
inventor was DR.. Wheatstone, but his
original invention did not apply to long
distances. Prof. Henry improved on
Wheatstone, and we are indebted to
these two for the telegraphy of to-day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

DR. WINoHEILs Teething Syrup has never
failed to give immediate relief when used in
cases of Summer Complaint, Cholcra-infantum,
or pains in the stomach. Mothers, when your
little darlings are Suffering from these or kim
dred causes, do not hesitate to give it a trial.
You will surely be pleased with the charming
effect. DO sure to buy DR.. Winchel's Teething
Syrup. Sold by all druggists. Only 25 cents
per bottle.
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truth and SaOnor.

Qncry: What is the best family medicine in
tn world To regulate tho bowolf purity the
blood. remove costiyeness and b housness, AID
digestion and tone no the whole systom2 Truth
aad honor compels Ms to answer, Hop Htters !;
being pure. perfect and harmless. See another
colu,nil.- Toledo Hd6e.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

THERE was young man so well bred
That the hair would not stay Oh his head,
Bat the Carboline oil
Put new hair on the soil,
And now with an heiress he's we'd
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

survey to his licking work, turned his head
and caught up with his teeth from the box
used rs it's receptacle a bottle Of ST. JACOBS
OIL. He threw the bottle on the floor
with violence enough to break it, and then
deliberately licked up the ST. JACOBS OIL
and applied it to the cut. Readers, we have
seen the laws of association belied b. Beings
with less sense than Toughmar horse.
The word has passed among us, aia, when
we see a man who won't try the Oil, we
say, He is worse than Toughman's horse"
TO many this may appear as very tough"
story; and were there not proofs innumer-
able of the efficacy of the Great German
Remedy they would be justified in so
designatingit it. The testimony, however, is
plentiful and pointed, and is from people
whose long experience in matters apper-
tanning to horsefesh entities their opinions
to profound consideration and respect.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

For DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion, depression Of
spirits and general debility In their various
forms, also as preventive against fever and
ngue and other intermittent fevers, the FERBo
PHosPHoRATxD ELIXIR OF CALIsAyA BARK, made
by Caswell, Hazard Co., New York, and sold
by all druggists, III tho best tonic. and for pa
TENTS recovering from fever or other sickness
1t has no equal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

We are 40 thankful to say that our baby was
permanently cured Of a dangerous and pro
tracted irregularity of the bowels by the use OF
Hop Bit IT. by It's mother, which at the same
time restored her to perfect health and strength.
The parents, Rochester, N. Y. SEQ another
column. cypress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

FoR Headache, Constipation, Liver Complaint
and oil bilious arrangements OF the blood, there
is no remedy as sure and safe as Eilert's Day
light Liver Pills. They stand unriyalled in re-
moving bile, toning the stomach and in giving
healthy action to the liver. Sold by all druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
Tx New Zealand a railroad extending

Tn New Zealand q railroad extending
from the city of Christchureh and Lit
Teton has been constructed through a
tunnel 1920 meters in length: This
tunnel pierces through the walls OF q
volcanic cone, and thus has laid bare its
structure of successive streams OF lava
and bedsT of scoriie, ashes and turf@,
which are again intefsected by dykes OF
Younger volcanic rocks. This Is, per-
haps. the first volcano through which q
RAILWAY has been constructed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

ONE of the gratifying features OF the times
is that all right minded physicians gladly use,
as an auxiliary, the absorptlve treatment-the
HOLMAN PAD Co. g REMEDIES.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

FoR rheumatism, Sprains and Bruises, rs
Uncle Sans Nerve and Bone Lniment, sold b,
oil druggists.
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badges Of regiments, are now nothing
more than tiny patches upon the cuff
and collar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

Two-TmRps Of all the Axle Grease useddn the
United States is made by the Frazer Lubri-
Gator Company. Buy tho genuine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

AooUTHERN negro, IN ex Save, nired
q field from his old master to cultivate,
he to receive one-third and the master
two-thirds of the crop. The old negro
was honest, but not up. in arithmetic.
The field yielded two loads, both of
which ne put in his masters. crib, and
reported to the astonished landlord !:
"Dar is no third, sab de land am too
poor to produce the third sab"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

IT would be supposed from its popularity
that only one substance is now known to the
world for the relief of rheumatism, and that
is St. Jacobs Oil-St Louis No Dispatch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

MIR. +. PURCELL, No. IL Ann street, New
York, used st. Jacobs Oil for rheumatism
with entire relief-writes New York Jour-
nal. --Richmond (Va.) Christian Advocate.
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Flies md Mosquitoes.

15c. box Trough on Rats" keeps house free
from flies, bed-bugs, reaches, rats, mice, etc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23
Col. John G.. Whituer.
The Electric Telegram.

OF Atlanta, Ga, says he owes his ifo to War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

ecE week your town. Terms and e5 outfit
VOO free Addicss H. HALIETr a 90. Portland. Me
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-09-23

KrDSEy-woRT has cured kidney complaints OF
thirty years standing. Try it.
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or - q on per day at home Samples worth es frcs
% 10 wZU Address srINsos 4 Co. Portland. Ne.
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PAPER coffins are coming into use.

DR. MOTIFS LIVER PILLS are the ysst Cathartio
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nR. HUNTER, 1O3 State St, Chicago. treats suo-
~ cessfully Throat and Lung Diseases by Inhalation
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| nHYYTCy Catalogue nes. ADDRESS. stanosro
\ VI LID American watch Co. Pittsburgh. Pa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-19
WATERVILLE.

The Elmwood under the new management,
has secured the services, of Mr.. c. F. John
son as clerk. Mr.. J. was two wears in Colby
and graduated at Bowdoin, and is well and
favorably known in this vicinity. His previous
experience in the business and gentlemanly
manners cannot fail to make him popular in
his new position.-Cushing, of Colby 81, has
accepted the position of clerk in the Steward S
office, at the Insane Hospital at Augusta
One of the neatest and best arranged stores
on our street is that If Mr.. G. W. Dorr. our
popular druggist. With excellent taste in
displaying his goods, a constant supply of the
best articles in his line and thorough
knowledge of the business, he richly merits
the success he has attained.-The sale of
tickets for "Gov'nor'' at Percivals is
just booming.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-05-19

The latest estimate of the amount OF
gold in this country, made by the Director
of the Mint. places the total at $500, o00,-
600, Of which S256, oo0. 900. or nearly one
half, is in actual circulation. The remain
der, in form of coin or bullion. is in the
reserves of the Treasury and the national
banks. MIR. Burchard estimates the
amount of gold which has gone into circu-
lation in the last - menths (since July 1.
1872 at al40. 900. 900, while Sa9. Ooo. 900
has been added to the bank reserves.