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Curious Uses and Works Of Ants.

The ant belongs to family of insects
such as wasps, bees, hornets, but Is the
superior of them all, as are the elephant,
the horse, and the dog, in other lines Of
animal life. Ants are constructed with
the back bone in front, and the heart
and other internal organs on the oppO-
site side are put together upside down,
as we might think. Their mouth Is for
biting and swallowing food only, not for
breathing. Their bite is SO determined
and lasting that they are used III some
countries for combining the edges of
wounds and cuts. Ants heads are pre-
scented to the cut surface, which they
grasp with their nippers, when their
bodies are cut off, leaving whole row
of them to hold the flesh. They are
cheaper than sticking plaster in some
countries.
They sometimes excavate tunnels I'M
der rivers of considerable depth and
width, and use the tunnels for trans
porting supplies. They dig wells twen-
ty feet deep and foot i'll diameter for
drinking water. The harvesting ants
plant seeds on farms, which they culti-
vate with great skill and neatness, keep
ing every weed down and harvesting tho
grain, curing and storing it safely in
weather-proof cavities in the soil. They
also organize into divisions with com.
manders, each individual doing q certain
kind of work. Some ants are smart
enough tor engineers, while others only
know enough to do as they are told.
! They can count and make correct esti-
mates OF the magnitude of an undertake
! ing, as proved by observers.
Eight chrysalides GOTTEN called the
eggs of ants) were placed III q path
where ants travel. A single individual
! found them and undertook to remove
them to their home. Several were car
ried by the single ant patiently enough,
but when twenty chrysalides We're placed
in the heap, another ant was found en-
gagged in the work. The pile was in
creased at intervals till eighty ants en-
gagged in the undertaking, showing that
workers were detailed according TO the
demands of the case.
Ants battles sometimes last many
DAYS. in one case seven weeks, the VIC
tors finally taking the stores and remov-
! ing them to their own houses. Their
wars are quite as justifable as those of
men, when the object-pillage-is the
same. They have the power, too, Of
knowing members of their own commu-
mites even after six months absence.
! Strangers are always driven off or killed.
They are very helpful to each other and
show sympathy i'll case OF accident or
sickness. Some families of ants build
arched roads covered by an arch of clay
or mortar for protection against enemies,
and show great skill in the work, which
is under the supervision Of trained en-
gineers, who order rebuilding if the
work is not perfect. Some kinds of ants
keep cows, build cow-yards, and milk
their COWS regularly, and don't throw
milking stools at them, either, to make
them "give down." but nat and stroke
their backs very tenderly. OF course
these COWS are the plant aphides so IA
miiiar to all farmers and gardeners.-
Prof e. s. Morse.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
Lame and Lazy-A Fable.

Two beggars, Lame and Lazy, were
in want OF bread. One leaned on his
crutch, the other reclined on his couch.
Lame called on Charity and hu IDLY
asked for a cracker. Instead of n cracker
he received a loaf.
Lazy, seeing the gift of Charity, ex-
claimed, "What, cracker, and receive
a loaf? Well, / will ask for loaf.
Lazy now applied to Charity, and
called for loaf of bread.
your demanding loaf, said Chair
ty, "proves you loafer. You are OF
that class and character who ask, and
receive not; you ask amiss.
Lazy, who always found fault, and had
rather whine than work, complained Of
ill-treatment, and even accused Charity
of breach of an exceeding great and
precious promise: "Ask, and you shall
receive"
Charity pointed him to the painting
in her room, which presented to his WIS.,
ion three personages, Faith, Hope and
Charity. Charity appeared larger and
fairer than her sisters. He noticed that
her right hand held pot of honey which
fed bee disabled, having lost Its wings.
Her left hand was armed with whip,
which kept off the drones.
Don't understand it, said Lazy.
Charity replied, sit means that Char
ity feeds the lame and fiogs the lazy"
Lazy turned to go.
"Stop !" said Charity. "Instead of
coin l will give you counsel. Do not go
and live on your poor mother, for l will
send you to a rich ant"
"Rich aunt ?" echoed Lazy. "Where
shall L find her?"
"You will find her in Proverbs, sixth
chapter and sixth verse"
Moral Instead of waiting and wish
ing rich uncle to die, go and see how a
rich ami lives
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
THE wORLD FROM THE SIDE
WALK.

Did you ever stand in the crowded street,
In the glare Of the city lamp,
And list to the tread of a million feet
In their quantity musical tramp?
As the surging crowd go to and fro
It's pleasant sight, wcen,
To mark the figures that come aud go
IN the eyer-changing scene.
Here the publican walks with the sinner proud,
And the priest in his gloomy cow
And Dives walks in the motley crowd
With Lazarus, cheek by Jowl.
And the daughter Of toll, with her fresh young
heart
As pure a. her spotless fame,
Keeps stcp.with the woman who makes her mart
III the haunts of sin and shame.
How lightly trips the country lass
In the midst of the city's ills
A. freshly pure the daisied grass
That grows on her native hills
And the beggar, too with his hungry eye
And his lean, wan face and crutch,
Gives q Blessing the same to the passer-by,
And he gives HIM little or much.
When time has beaten the worlds tattoo,
And his dusky armor digit
IL treading with echoless footsteps through
The gloom Of the silent night.
How many Of these shall be dantily fed
And shall sing to slumbers sweet,
While many wi go 20 II seepless bed
And never a crumb to eat
All me when the hours 60 joyfully By,
How lit we stop to heed
Our brothers and sisters despairng cry
In their woe and bitter need!
Yet such world the angels sought
This world IF ours we'd call,
II the brothcrly love that the Father taught
Was felt by each for all.
Yet few short years and this motley throng
VIII all have passed away,
And the rich and the poor and the old and the
young
VIII be undistinguished clay,
And lips that laugh and lips that moan
Shall in silence alike be sealed,
And some will lie under statey stone
And some in the potters field.
But the will I've shining just az bright
And 30 VIII the silver moon,
And Just such a Crowd viii be hero tonight
And Just such crowd at noon.
And men will be wicked and women will sin
As ever since Adams fall
| With the same old world to labor in,
And the FAME God over all.
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came riding in followed by half a dozen
stout negroes. With some delightful
play that gave one quite an idea OF a
Spanish bull fight, his lordship was cap
tured, and our little doctor was assisted
10 the house.
Gone was the glory of DIR. Trattles
Jex. His coat was torn, his knees grimy,
his hands scratched, and he looked-yes
as if he had been crying.
"Can you ever forgive usp" said Mabel,
piteously. She lowered about him like a
little mother She made him drink two
glasses of wine; she mended his coat; she
asked him if he would not like to kiss the
baby. And finally wan smile'shone IN
the countenance of DIR. Jex. For me,
felt my face purpling, and leaving him
to Mabel, fled with brother John to the
smoke house, where we-roared.
Uncle Brimmer got well and went in
to see the doctor. He returned with q
new cravat, cane, and several smart ar
ticles of attire, from which we inferred
that in those trying moments when he
supported the suspended doctor, that lit
tie gentleman had offered many induce
ments for him to hold fast. When ques-
toned he responded chiefly with cav
ernous and mysterious smile, only say
ing:
"Master DR.. Jex is gentleman
starch in or starch out, he's de gentle
man straight"
And brother John, who is somewhat
acquainted with slang, said, with great
laugh, "Well, old. man, you had bully
chance to Judge, so you must be right.
-Harper'S Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
JEWISH NOTES.

BLAmxwoop's MAGAZINE for November
contained some stanzas emanating from
a Jewish Rabbi in Rome, addressed To
his friend. Rabbi Ben Israel, treating of
the Romans from moral standpoint.
M. Worms, one of the leading socie-
taires of the Coincide Franchise, Paris,
has been appointed Professor OF Deciam-
alton mt the Conservatoire, by decree
of the Minister of Public Instruction.
OFFENBAcH. the deceased composer,
used regularly to have Minyan on the
anniversary Of his fathers death, and
saw the Kaddish. However, he received
absolution from a Catholic priest on his
deathbed.
IT would appear from late Russian add
vices that some of the civil officers In
that country are friendly to the Jewish
element. The new Governor OF kowno,
on assuming office, sent for the Rabbi OF
the Jewish congregation, assured HIM OF
his goodwill, and presented him with
sum of monep for charitable purposes.
PRINCE ALEXANDER, CT Bulgaria, viii
not allow distinctions to he made be-
tween any section of his subjects, owing
To the differences Of creed, and, as nat
ural result of this liberal and just policy,
the Government has recently granted an
annual subsidy of 5000 francs toward
the salary OF the Grand Rabbi OF Sofia,
Almosnino.
SOMETHING of interest to the scholar
and the Talmudical student will be the
first volume of the Legislation OF Tai
mud" embracing critical translation
and commentary on the =" Tractates
Beraohath Kiddushin, from the gifted
pen of DIR. Rabbiaowitz, of Paris. This
volume is the first in logical order, but
fifth in the order of publication.
UNDER the title, "Statistics of the
Jews of the United States, the Union OF
American Hebrew Congregations has
published Mr.. William y. Hackenburg's
report. He has been engaged some five
wears in collecting and arranging these
statistics, from which is obtained the
following summary Jewish population
of the United States, about 25O, 900 ;
number of congregations, 278, with a
membership of about 1900; value of
real estate and other property (syna-
gogues, hospitals, cemeteries, etc. j,
owned by congregations and benefcent
societies, about 81 ,0OO,0 600.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
Beneficial Effect Of VexatiOn.

A French paper mentions the follow
ing as a fact: "a shoeing smith, resid-
ing in the Rue Princesse, who had been
for some time partially deprived of the
use Of his legs by rheumatism, perceived
that some thief had taken away a num-
Der of horse-shoes. He was SO excited
by this discovery that profuse perspi-
ration burst out all over him, which to
his amazement, had the effect of restoring
the use of his legs, and the first use he
made of his recovered powers was to
walk to the commissary of police TO make
declaration of the theft.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

Dear ancient school boysi Nature taught to them
The simple lessons Of the star aud flower.
Showed them strange sights; how on a single stem
Admire the marvels oil Creative Powerl-
Twin apples grew, one sweet, the other sour
How from the hilltop where eyes behold
In even ranks the plumed and hammered maize
Range Its long columns, In the days oil Old
The live volcano shot its angry blaze
Dead since the shadows OF NCah's watery days
How, when the lightning split the mighty rock,
The spreading fury Of the shaft was spenti
How the young scion joined the alien stock,
And when and where the homeless srarrows went
TO pass the winter OF their discomfort.
sc,ut were the ceamiugs in those years of dearth;
No Ctivier vet had clothed the fossil bones
That slumbered waiting for their second BIRTH
No Lye read the legend OF the stones;
Science still pointed TO her empty thrones
Dreaming Of orbs TO eyes of earth unknown,
Herschei looked heavenward in the starlight pale;
Lost in those awful depths he trod alone.
Laplace stood mute before the lifted veil;
While home-bred Humboldt trimmed his toy-ship's
sail.
No mortal feet those loftier heights had gained
Whence the wide realms OF nature we descry;
In vain their eyes our longing fathers strained
To scan with wondering gaze the SUBMITS high
That far beneath their chldren's footsteps lie
Smile at their first small ventures we may,
The schoOl-boy's copy shapes the scholars hand
Their graf. full memory fills our hearts to-day;
Brave, hopeful, wise, this bower OF peace they
planned,
While wars dread plowshare Scared the suffering
land.
Child of our chidren's children yet unborn.
When on this yellow page you turn your eyes,
Where the brief record OF this May-day morn
In phase antique and faded letters lies,
How vague, how pale our fitting ghosts viii risei
Yet In our veins the blood ran warm and red,
For us the fields were green, the skies were blue.
Nbausr "a, fro, ntr1 no
We lived, we loved, we toiled. we dreamed like
you,
Smiled at our sres and thought how much we
knew
Oh might our spirits for one hour return,
When the next century rounds its hundreth ring,
All the strange secrets IL shall teach to learn,
To near the large truths its years shall bring
Its wiser sages talk, its sweeter MINISTRIES singh
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
A Fable.

A Venetian merchant who was lolling
in the lap of luxury was accosted on the
Rialto 10y friend who had not seen him
for many months. How is this ?" cried
the latter "when 1 last saw you your
gaberdine was out at elbows, and now
you sail in your own gondola. "True,
replied the merchant; "but since then
1 have met with serious losses, and been
obliged to compound with my creditors
for 10 cents on thesdollar."
Moral /: Composition is the Life OF
Trade. -New York World.
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CONSUL GENERAL HEP, of CONSTANT

CONSUL GENERAL HEP, of CONSTANT
nople, has notified the State Department
that tho Turkish Government has
granted permission for an American ex-
ploring party to make excavations on
the site of what was formerly an ancient
Grecian city in Southern Turkey. The
expedition which has been organized TO
make these explorations is under the
leadership Of Professor Norton, of Har-
ward University. The party will leave
this country early this month, and begin
operations in February.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

GEN. GARFIELD, correspondent
notes, now receives hundreds of news
papers with the articles marked refer
ring to him. He is gaining an export
ence as an exchange reader, and all
kinds of experience are needed as the
hend of q great nation.
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Forbidden to Marry.

The edict of Joseph Emanuel, King
Of Portugal, published in 1869, is not
without its interest at this time. BY
this instrument widows of more than
so years of age were forbidden to mar
ry, because" the preamble recited,
experience has shown that women Of
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that age commonly marry young men OF
no property, who dissipate the fortunes
such marriages put them in possession
OF, to the prejudice of children and
other relations" Spinsters were not
apparently considered SO liable TO be be-
Ouilad
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

IT is fact which is not generally rea-
lied that America widens ut the North
until it iuts out into the ocean SO as to b
within thirty-six miles Of Asia. In 90
we're seasons Behring's Straits are frozen
ever. and animals have passed ON the ice
from one continent to the other.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

ARKANSAS is improving in every direc-
ton. Railroads are being built, immi-
grants are going in and opening up new
farms, and everything is on the boom
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LOngfellOW's Home.

NAHANT, about an hours ride from
Boston, is quiet, sequestered, and per-
cily charmlng-so writes u CORE
spondent Of The PdriSian. Here the
favored few live. and no sound of the
worlds busy motion corruptS the lazy,
delightful hours. OF course the most
distinguished inhabitant of Nahant is
Professor Henry w. Longfellow. A
roomy, old-fashioned house serves as
abode to the great poet and his brother
in law, Mr.. r. G.. Appleton. The house
is usually filled; first with LOngfellow's
immediate family, next MIR Nathan APP
pleton, whom you all will remember in
Paris; and the invited guest or guests
and there is always some one to share
the Appletons' hospitality. In the hour
that precedes dinner there is much con-
versation, and what literary feast !
The Professor tells the best stories of
any one | know. He is entertaining,
gracious, and Il perfect couTtier. Then
we all seek the shade of the terrace. One
end is called outlets BalcOny;" here
the sun rises in mid day heavens, here il
sets, and on one little corner the wooing
moonlight throws its silver glanccs.
The beautiful yacht, the Alice, dances
on the waters, and a number Of smaller
vessels dot the sea far and near. The
house stands back from the shore and
the grounds run down to the water's
edge. The wealth of shrubs, vines and
wild flowers is excessive, and rarely
does one see SO much verdure near SO
/ rocky o coast. The view Is indaacriha-
bly, beautiful at all times, and / cam not
wonder that the romantic nature oI
L.ongfellew should choose such a sum
mer home. Home Journal.
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Some THpes OF Western Girls.

SITTING over there in a corner of the
porch, says Chautauqua Lake corre-
spondent, Is the typical Pittsburgh girl.
She dresses well, bat not so elaborately
as some of her sisters from other places;
she goes in for brains, money, hand
some masculine admirers and personal
comfort; she is good-looking or pretty,
but is not beautiful, as rule she has q
carriage or buggy at home and knows
how to row and ride; she fiirts with en-
thusiasm and has goodly following of
beauX, but she rarely marries until she
is past twenty. Lazily rocking to and
fro in that big chair is the Cleveland
girl. She Is wonderfully vvatious; her
piquancy is something marvellous and
electrical in its effect. She is exceed
ingly pretty, and frequently has the
rarest kind of American beauty. She Is
quiet in dress, but has a sty lie and knack
in wearing her costumes that makes her
the envy of her sex here. This faculty
enables her to always appear fresh and
dainty without frequent changes in ap-
parel. She reads great deal, talks
, well, fiirts ia d2lce far 1g1ente way, that
is as becoming to her as her cloth robes
She is independent in opinion, knows
something about politics from al Ohio
| standpoint. She deals frankly with the
men Of her acquaintance, is shy about
making friends of strangers, and dances
| divinely. The girl who is laughing and
talking rapidly with the gentleman who
| is promenading with her is from Column
bus, O.. She wears a great many snowy
| dresses, knows every body, is good
hearted, easy to become acquainted with
at this sort of place, talks a great deal
about her school-lle aud her conquests,
and does not like the Cleveland girl.
The Buffalo girl is pretty and interest,"
! ing, and has ideas. She does not know
how to dress well, because she admires
/ obstreporOus colors. She dances weG,
tlirts as though she enjoyed it hugely,
and marries a man with a great deal of
/ money-if she can. The Indianapolis
girl is jolly, affable and kind-hearted.
| She is moderate in her ambitions, likes
autograph albums, and wears nice,
/ tasteful dresses. The Louisville girl is
/ full of dash and vim, dresses nObbly and
has many marvellous suits. She has a
pretty Southern accent, and is II general
favorite. One of the best types Of Ohio
womanhood is the Warren girl. She is
modest, shy, extremely pretty, quiet but
, stylish in dress, exquisite IL figure,
charming in face and conversation, and
mows down the other sex without APP
parent effort or desire. She is good
aud womanly, and s.knows heaps
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-17
A Good Housewife.

The good housewife, when she is given
her house its spring renoyating, should
bear in mind that the dear inmates of her
house are more precious than many houses
and that their systems need cleansing by
purifying the blood, regulating the
stomach and bowels to prevent and cure
the diseaes arising from spring malaria
and mia-ma, and she must know that there
is nothing that will po it so perfectly and
surely az Hop Bitter, the purest and best
Of Incidence Concord ": H Patriot
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G0id Dust ."W hat is u!

The question is answered h. stating that
j. j. powder for Horses, Cattle, &c, and
not only has an extensive recommendation
abroad, but has proved to be the best pow
der IN use as attested by many horsemen
and others who have tried it during the
past six months in this community. Sold
at wholesale and retail by c a. Roberts
at % cents for pound packages at retail
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Tow MSHIP.

Nams announced and one hundred t.ck
et= furnished each candidate for 80 cents.
Ed. PREss-Announce the name of R.
81. Barr as a candidate for Township
Treasurer at the Democratic Primary
election and oblige MANY FRIENDS.
ED. PREss.-Please announce the name
If Joseph Wagner as candidate for As
-es-or. subject to the decision Q! the Dem
ocratic Primary Convention
DEMOCRACY.
Ed. PREss.-Announce the name Of
Jehu B. Jones 80 a candidate for Town
shin Trustee subject 10 the decision Of the
Democratic Primary Convention.
MANY FEIENps.
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An AtinmPt was made last "Wednesday
night TO burglirize Ben Whitmer's resi-
deHce which came near being successful,
Hi- daughter was awakened by the noise
and liz lamp which frightened the burg
lar- away. Upon examination 1t was
found that they had tried to raise several
Of the windows which were fastened and
finally tried to gain an entrance by prying
open side window in the hall which had
about been accomplished when they were
frightened off.
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CrOW-KusseS.

The Rooster crows when the egg is in
cubafed, because he knows the hen likes
her LAY" set to music. When our lays"
in bed are set to music of groans caused
by Bilious Collie, Spring Blossom will
quickly cure and alter our tune Prices:
81, 50 cents, and trial bottles 10 cents.
For Sale hy c. 4. Roberts.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-17

Dir. Whites Dandelion Alternative is pre-
pared from a concentrated extract of Dam
delion root, in combination with other vail
liable roots, barks, and herbs, and is with
out doubt the best liver corrector and
blood purifier in the market. Pint bottles
only one dollar, and every bottle warran-
ted.
Use DR.. Whites Pulmonaria for coughs
and colds i is so pleasant to taste that
HID people like it and children cry for t
For sale by c. A. Roberts.
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Maine NnMS.

Hop Bitters which are advertised in our
columns, are q sure cure for ague, bllli-
business and kidney complaints. Those
who use them say they cannot be too high
ly recommended. Those afflicted should
give them fair trial and will become
thereby enthusiastic in the praise of their
curative qualities.-PodIand Araus.
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CORPORATION.

EDITOR PREss: Please announce the
name of y q. Bruuner as a candidate for
reelection as Mayor at the ArriI election.
y. o. BRUNNER.
Fn. PRrez. Anrounce the name Of
George Price az candidate for Mayor at
the Spring election. MANY VOTERS.
Mr.. FnIToR Announce the name of
P H. RTHcKLEY. a. n candidate for May
or at the coming election and obIige.
MANY CITIZENS.