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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

Mamma" said little Nellie, "are
you too busy to make me paper doll,
just little one?"
Mamma was not very busy. She laid
down her sewing, and said, 81 will
show you how to make one for yourself. 7"
Then she took q scrap of paper, and
folded it double, and cut out little
figure that looked very funny. 1t looked
like half baby; but when it was I'M
folded and smoothed out nicely, it was
plain that it was little girl.
Then mamma got us, and found o
blank card and sharp-pointed pencil.
snow, Nellie" said she, "you shall
make yourself doll. Lay this little
lady down on your paper, and hold it
fast with one finger, and with the other
hand draw very carefully and lightly
around every part of it. Leave the
arms and legs to the last"
"And now" continued mamma, "I
will make aface for her." And she made
q sharper point on the pencil, and Nellie
watched the little face grow under her
mammals ski lful fingers. Then came
the waist and the skirt, and at last the
stockings and shoes.
NOW, s0lu mamma, you may cut
her out" That took q long time; and
while Nellie was cutting, mamma fin
ishe her seam and then began another.
Now, Mrs. Dressmaker," said little
Nellie, my baby wants O new dress. ="
"Well," said mamma, ~ will see
what 1 can do" So she took some note
paper, folded it double, and laid the
baby on 1t, so that her shoulders came
just at the fold. First 1 must take
her measure. She must have her meas
ure taken for every new dress"
"Oh, yes" cried Nellie, "in case
she should grow.
"Now see, Nellie, just how I lay her
on the paper, and now, how 1 make
little touches with my pencil all around
her where the dress is to come. Now 1
lift her up; and, see, their is her meas
ure."
81 can make it now any pattern /
like, only it must be low-necked, you
see. Now l will finish it up, and trim
it with ruffie and ribbons, and buttons
down the front"
at is all done, and you can cut it
out, only take care to leave little piece
on the shoulders to fold back, or the
dress will tear after Miss Dolly has worn
it few times. And now my little Nell
lie can sit down and make another dress
oil by herself, for it is very easy when
you once know how"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

AN exchange says thut William r.
Dickerson, one of the oldest lawyers in
Philadelphia, was respected and fairly
successful before he went into the great
Whitaker will forgery. Now he is
broken down. penniless, and a convict.
Other respected lawyers should take
warning by Mr.. Dickerson's sad fate,
and spare no pains or expense to avoi I
detection when going into a will
forgery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19
Charge Of the Light Brigade.

After we had mounted for the famous
charge, and just before we commenced
our advance, Colonel Shewell, command
ing the Eighth Hussars, happened to
rest his eyes on one of his men with
pipe in his mouth, which so excited his
military ire, that he hailooed to him that
''he was disgracing his regiment by
smoking in the presence of the enemy"
a grave view of the question which GER
tainly (his commanding officer) did not,
or at least up to that time had not recip-
rocated, inasmuch as at this very mo-
ment was enjoying remarkably good
cigar. The quest on then rose In my
mind, "Am to set this bad example
Tin the Colonel's opinion at least), or
should l throw away good cigar ?"-
no such common article In those days,
be it remembered. Well, the cigar car
ried the day, and it lasted me till we got
to the guns With shame do 1 say it,
There was one, believe, who,
when he started on this advance, was in
sensible to the despei ate undertaking
in which he was about to be engaged.
= SO we went on. Right Fl lnk
Ike p up. Close in to your cent. r." The
suOke, Jno uOlse, Tie cueeIb, tue BrOhuS,
the "ping, ping" whizzing past ones
head, the "whirr, of the fragment of
shell 8, the well known "slush" of that
unwelcome intruder on ones ears-what
sublime confusion it was One Incl
dent struck me forcibly about this time
the hearing of riderless horses in such
circumsi ances. / was, of course, riding
by myself, and clear of the line, and for
that reason was marked object for the
poor, dumb brutes. They consequently
made dashes at me, some advancing
with me considerable distance; at one
time as many as five on my right and
two on my left Bringing in on me, and
positively squeezing me as the round
shot came bounding by them. re-
marked their eyes, betok ming as keen
q sense of the perils around them rs we
human beings experienced land that Is
saying good deaD. The bearing OF
the horse I was riding, in contrast with
tlese, was remarkable. He had been
struck, but showed no signs OF fear, thus
evincing the cc1fidence of the dumb AMI.
man in the superior being. The Ligh,
Cavalry Brigade N the Crimea-Lord
! George Pa0sl
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

THE inventor of the induction balance
declares that be will not apply for pat
ent for it, but present it to humanity.
He says he does not think there should
be patent upon device that promises
to be SO beneficial to surgical science.
The induction balance indicates the To-
cation of metal substances in the body,
and will, when perfected, unquestiona-
bly, be an invention of much benefcence.
Surgery will by it be greatly advanced.
Undoubtedly thousands OF brave men
during the late war, after lingering for
months in agony, died because it was
impossible to locate the position of balls
in their bodies in time to extract them
before their presence made death inev-
liable. Prof. Bell does noble act in
donating his invention to the world un-
incumbered by patent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

THERE is no doubt that there are
many men IN the country who have in
fiexibly determined to kill Guiteau if he
shall be set at liberty. The Chicago
Tribune says there is at least one such
man in that city. "He is q cool, reso-
lutte, determined fellow. He is not a
fanatic, but man of good sense and
sound mind. He has deliberately come
to the firm conclusion that it is his duty
to rid the world of Guiteau whenever
the latter shall be turned loose. He
says that he does not feel any RESPONSE
bility in the case 80 long as Guiteau
shall be in the hands of the law-wheth-
er he be in Jail, in the penitentiary, or
in the insane asylum. But the moment
Guiteau shall be turned loose, whether
temporarily or permanently, this man
proposes to follow him, find him, and
kill him, if he shall be anywhere within
the boundaries of the United States.
The avenger swears that Guiteau shall
not be safe on the street, in the cars, in
hotel, or in church, or at his home, if
he has any, nor in any place where an
other may reach him. There is not the
slightest doubt that this Chicagoan is in
fearful earnest about the matter-as
earnest and determined as Guiteau him.
self was in his purpose to assassinate the
| President"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

hawk, - IL determined 10 have Tho fish
for It's own breakfast.
The eagle attacked the hawk and the
two birds tonight for the fish until the
hawk was forced 10 let it drop. when the
eagle made rapid sweep and caught the
fab In his talons
Cousin Willie, from his boat, watching
the fight of the birds, thought he would
like 70 make the bold robber give up his
prey. SO he shot ut him with his pistol
and gave him such q fright that he drop
ped the fsh in his turn.
Willie picked up the fish, took it
home, and laid il upon q table in the
kitchen to be cooked for dinner. But a
sly old cat saw 1t on the table, and, as no
one was near to prevent, she grabbed it
quickly, and stole away with it to give
herself and her kittens q breakfast
Thus the cunning puss AID her II es you see
Gel Ne betlsr Of those brave Hshers re-.
--COusin LUCY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

The report Of the Census Bureau on
the anthracite coal production of Penn
sylvania contains some interesting facts.
The number of collieries has been in
creased from 225 in 1870, to 273 in 1880.
The average number Of men employed
by each colliery has increased from 235 to
$50. or only 6. 4per cent, while the aver
age product has gone up from 81, 800 to
100, 4SS tons, or As per cent. The actual
output was about two-thirds of the pos
sible output that is to say, the mines
have been worked up to about two
thirds of their capacity with the present
force employed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

THE Queen of England, under whose
patronage the recent international Med
ical Congress was held in London, says
the Chicago Tribune, took one step in
regard to it's session that will not elevate
her in the general female esteem of the
world. This was her prohibition OF reg
ularly qualified female physicians from
participating in its deliberations. AS
the congress was an international one,
her action was not courteous rs ruler ;
rs she is woman, her action was not
courteous to her own sex. In these
days, when the value of woman as a
physician is generally conceded by all
unpreiudiced persons, it is slight of
no ordinary character that Queen Vic
toris has put upon her own sex-the
more so that she has done it upon her
own motion. BY her action she has
placed herself on record as discounte-
nancing the adoption of the medical
profession by woman. which is absurd
and illogical.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

ever uttered at a public banquet, and
thereafter for nearly forty years was the
special reporter OF the great mans adj
dresses. Disraeli never forgot him, and
when he had the power he offered Mr..
Nelson pension of 81 900 a year from
the literary fund. The proprietors OF
the London Times refused to allow Mr..
Nelson to accept this gift, but in lieu OF
it fhey added $3.50 year to his salary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

THE New York Sportsman decides
that, when a horse trots against time
and fails, the animal is not entitled to a
record. Say the time to be male is 2:l2
or 2:10. Now, when that horse gets the
word, time is there as his competitor.
There is no other competition. The
horse is to trot in 2:lO. He fails, but
the judges enormously go on, and, TAX
ing the time in which he makes the mile,
pretend to give him record, say 2:t2.
They say the rules require them to time
every heat. SO they do but what they
have timed for this horse is no heat at
all. The heat ended when the 2:10 ex-
PRED. and the horses competitor, time,
won il that very instant.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.


"Chipper. ehipper, clear the wsys
" o must b. NJ wsvk to-day.
See US swiftly ~ along.
usa, our DuIsts II merry song.
Wstch Inc la ny busy flight,
0iancing In yonr window bvighA
B 70 Jour bits of yara fov me,
Just tlink what hsip 'tvouh beT
"chip. chip. chippsri" Hsw he sises
AZ - come for shreds and stxingA
which he 10 not slew - see,
Frsm the budding lilac treci
Nov with cunning. saucy prank.
See hun mol his hearty than ksi
These are just the things," sinGs bet
"Truly y0u are helping Mel"
"Chipp.r. chirpey," ell day ionSt
Thus I heir the tunsfui song.
Meaning, ~ he Autters past,
Gayiy warbling. working fsS,
can't stop ~ talk 70 yea;
have eot my work to do;
Chip CHIP, clipper, clear the wsyJ
We shall anish up to-day."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

MoRMoNIsM has been making rapid
progress in Georgia of late. Two Nor
mon missionaries have been working
industriously in White county for twelve
months. The community is isolated and
inhabited by densely ignorant people.
If the law does not interfere the people
OF the northern part of the State threat
en- to forcibly drive out the apostles of
lust.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

toners were allowed to carry them away.
like the pretty servis ties OF thin paper
used in so many restaurants in Holland.
There was also q considerable saving OF
the time lost and the chance OF accident
incurred in the cleansing of earthenware
pottery. The success of the experiment
has been 30 marked that the new species
of plates is likely to be introduced into
u great number Of restaurants. Paper
World
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19
A Fish SforY.

Cousin Willie lives on o pleasant is
land in the Chesapeake Bay. He has a
boat called the " Nautilus. One MORN
ing he was taking sail in his boat, when
he saw a large fish-hawk soaring and
wheeling through the air, as though in
search OF breakfast for its young nest
liugs. At length it made dive down to
the water, and brought mp large fish.
Just then an eagle that had been
watching the fish-hawk from the top OF
Q tree. came swooping down toward the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

A CHrNAMAT killed himself at Paw
tucket three years ago, and his devoted
brother has just killed and burned a
chicken and also good shirt upon his
grave, because the dead man washungry
and short of clothes, he said.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

A PLAGUE of flies has compelled q
temporary discontinuance of electric
lights at the Laclede and Lindell Hotels,
st. Louis. The insects keep away from
the heat of burning gas, but swarmed
in the cool glare of electricity, torment
ing the guests beyond endurance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

SPOTTED TAIL, the famous Sioux chief
who was recently killed by Grow Dog,
was known and respected rs "good
Indian" and the white m ms friend. In
this respect ne was unlike the murderous
Sitting Bull, now in the custody of the
military authorities in Dakota, who Ii
essentially a "bad Indian" and hates
the white man.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

2 A COMPANY has been organized at De-
catur, Ala, for the purpose of working
the coal and iron mines in the vicinity
OF Birmingham, Ala, said to be the
richest in this country. The capital
stock OF the company is 1000, 900. The
company's agents claim that iron can be
made in Alabama for the cost of ore in
Pennsylvania. t-tl tt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

IT is believed that large city will
grow up somewhere in the region which
embraces Southwestern Missouri and the
adjoining parts of Kansas and Arkansas.
Capitalists and railroad companies are
trying hard in rivalry to control q choice
of site, and great investments of money
in land and railroads are being made to
secure the prize. tlA
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

That human bite is as dangerous as
that of any animal is shown by an oc-
currence in the German city of Num-
ster, where man who was bitten in one
of his fingers during fight has had the
alternative of losing his arm or his life,
Blood-poisoning set in, and speedy am
putation at the shoulder became neces-
sary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19
THERE are As, 900 persons engaged in

THERE are As, 900 persons engaged in
the manufacture of pottery in England
and Wales. The death-rate among the
males is 80 per cent. higher than among
the male element Mt large. In the lungs
of potter who recently died OF con-
sumption were found As per cent. OF
silica, IL of alumina and of oxide Of
irou-articles in constant use in his
business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

THE latest order of exclusion at the
Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga. Is not
against the Jews, but admits no man to
the ballroom who doesn't wear swal-
low-tail coat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

AN Ohio joke A young man in this
city, short time ago, proposed to la
dy several years his senior, and for an
swer she said: :" guess 1 don't want to
take boy to raise !" The young man Is
now raising a mustache.- Youngstown
(OAIo) MosDs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

Mr.. NEnsoN, one of the oldest MEM
bers Of the English press, has just died
in London. For nearly fifty years he
has been ON the staff of the London
TYm>s. for which journal he wrote the
account Of the Queens coronation. He
reported the first speech Mr.. Disraeh
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

Ip Eve had possessed patent bangs,
and false hair, and dozen modern
dresses, she would have been busy, and
have had no time 10 bother with the SER
pent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19
Che Trlle 9urtherller.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. 1881. q

A PHmADRLpHIA drug clerk Numbered
IN compromising dose for his own TAX
ing, and lost his life thereby.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-19

THE Georgia Senate has passed bill
making it a misdemeanor to carry in
toxicating drinks to any public gather
ing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-19

face, in a tone which he endeavored to
make terribly ironical.
How did you git around the rock
that's what I'd Like to know ?" oueried
the artillerist, as he suspended for mo-
ment his long-range practice at the ham
die of the stove door.
That's what I'd be glad to know N.Y.
self" replied the swarthy man. CT be-
ieye, however, that just where we round
ed the rock was deep depression in the
road on the side next to the wall, and
that the falling of the wheelson that side
into this depression prevented sffrom
going over. into the abyss. It was the
tremendous shock of the coach as we
struck this rut, and the thought that we
had dashed against the rock and I was
killed, which rendered me insensible. :"
"Anybody hurt q sententiously asked
a man who was looking at the stove be-
tween his boots, at an elevation consid-
erably higher than his head. sa
shot affair of anybody's head" said
the swarthy man. ''The driver had
landed us as safe as we are in this room
at this moment. We made up q purse
for him on the spot, of $500, and the
company made him present of 81, 900
more. That's all. I'm off. Good
night!' ilte4 aI f~g
He went out; the others took some
more cider; surreptitiously stuffed a
handful Or 80 of crackers in their pock-
cts while the proprietor was in the back
room putting out the kerosene lamp;
and then the meeting adjourned till the
next time +a.. -.r. 5.. ...t
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-19
How to Keep Warm.

The most sensible way of meeting a
cold spell is to make the system stove
of itself, and this may be done by eating
largely of highly carbonaceous food.
Weather like this you ought to eat plenty
of fat food-fat ham, pork and beans,
bacon, fat beef, pork sausages- fact,
all manner of greasy aliment may be in
dulged in when the mercury has sunk
into the basement of the thermometer.
Food of this kind is slowly burned in
the interior economy of the eater, but
the animal heat evoked is greater than
that produced by any other kind of ami
NAL fuel. Wear plenty of clothing, not
necessarily in heavy outer wraps, in gar
ments which cling closely to your skin
and retain your animal heat-the heat
you are making in your personal stove.
Clothing of itself doesnot warm, but by
its non-conducting power prevents ami
NAL heat from passing away from the
body too rapidly, as the outside temper
allure from reaching the body. Then,
as to sleeping arrangements. Lots of
people fill the stoves in their chambers
to red holiness till the air is almost suffo-
eating. This is a great mistake. The
room should be no warmer than usual;
but extra bed covering shoyld be used.
He who goes to bed with an easy con-
science, just enough food in his stomach
to keep the gastric juice out of mischief,
his room not warmer than seventy de-
grees, and enough clothes ON him to
keep the animal heat from passing off
too rapidly, will sleep the sleep of the
Just whose notes are provided for.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-01-19
Rum Made From Old Shoes.
GFrom the N. Y. Evening Post.l


In the course of the Investigations o.
the census authorities appointed to col
lect statistics of manufactures in this
city, it was found that some u.s. was
made of old shoes, but exactly what use
was hard to find out Large numbers oil
old shoes were sold by rag pickers tc
certain men who disposed of them at 6
good price. It is well known that bits
of old leather make the commercial
article known as Prussian blue, but only
few firms manufacture it, and the new
call for old shoes was evidently for some
other purpose. In New York city and
Brooklyn about three million pairs OF
old shoes are thrown away every year.
Formerly old shoes were plentiful in the
cutters Of certain neighborhoods; now it
appears that they are sought after as
choice prizes in the rag-picker's line.
by dint of persevering inquiry it was
discovered that the old shoes were used
for three purposes. First, all shoes not
completely worn out are patched,
CREASED, and after being otherwise re-
generated sold to men who deal In such
wares. Some persons wear one shoe
much more than the other; these dealers
find mates for shoes whose original
mate is past hope. Secondly, tire shoes
not worth patching up are cut up into
pieces; the good bits are used for patch
ing other shoes, and the worthless bits,
the soles and cracked "uppers are con-
verted into Jamaica rum by process
known only by the manufacturers. 1t
is said that they are boiled in pure
spirits and allowed to stand for a few
weeks, the product far SURPRISING the
Jamaica rum made with essences, burnt
sugar and spirits. A gentleman who
doubted the truth of this story stopped
alta low grog shop in the neigh
borhood of the factory spoken of
and inquired if they had any rum from
old shoes. "No," said the barkeeper,
''we don't keep it much now; the
druggists, who want a clear article, all
sell it and the price has gone up. But
we have had it, and can get some if you
want It," How many old shoes go to
5allon of rum could not be ascertained.