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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22
The Fruit.GroMer,s Best Friend.

Many of the leading orchard proprie-
tors in Northern Italy and Southern
Germany are cultivators of the common
black ant, which insect they hold in
high esteem as the fruit growers best
friend. They establish ant hills in their
orchards, and leave the police service of
their fruit trees entirely to the tiny col
onists, which pass all their time in climb
ing up the stems of the fruit trees,
cleansing their boughs and leaves OF
malefactors, mature as well as embryotic,
and descending laden with spoils to the
ground, where they comfortably con-
sumo or store away their booty. They
never NEEDLE with sound fruit, but only
invade such apples, pears, and plums as
have already been penetrated by the
canker, which they remorselessly pursue
to its Businesses within the very heart
of the fruit. Nowhere are apple and
pear trees so free from blight and de-
structive insects, as in the immediate
neighborhood of large ant hill, five or
six years old The favorite food of ants
would appear to be the larv@ and pupa
of those creatures which spend the whole
of their brief existences in devouring the
tender shoots and Juvenile leaves of fruit
trees
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22
A Chicago Mans Notification of the
Bible

A story is going around among the
travelling men, so thoroughly illustrative
of the push, tear and scramble in the
ordinary business mans character that
it Is worth repeating. As the story
goes. Chicago Board of Trade man set
out to edo" Europe and the East in
a week or ten days, or such matter. In
youth he had absorbed some New Tesla
ment legends, and felt sudden interest
on arriving in the Holy Land to cross
the Sea of Galilee. The laziness Of the
ferryman and the indescribable slowness
of the craft terribly exasperated the
Chicago man, when be testify inquired:
See here, stranger, how long have
You been runnin' this ferry p"
"Forty-five years" was the placid and
lazy answer.
Who held it before your" asked
Chicago.
"My father, who ran it fifty years."
was the calm reply.
Well, how long has this burned
monopoly been in your family, any
how?"
Three thousand years." pensively
spoke the ferryman, rs his dreamy gaze
wandered to the palm trees upon tho
shore.
"Well, by thunder I" shouted the
Chicago man, with muttering disgust,
cit Is no wonder Christ wanted to walk
over !"-Chic0go Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

give it much attention. He will wait
till he gets place of responsibility, and
then he will show people what he can
do. This is very great mistake. What
ever his situation may be, he should
master it in all its details, and perform
all its duties faithfully. The habit OF
doing his work thoroughly and consci-
entiously is what is most likely to en-
able young man to make his way.
With this habit, a person of only ordinary
abilities would outstrip one OF greater
talent who is in the habit of sighting
subordinate matters. But, after all, the
adoption by young man of this great
essential rule of success shows him to be
poss essed of superior abilities.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

of his career Q promising young man.
Then / remembered that owed Shoe
maker for pair OF boots, and pitied
the unfortunate tradesmsn Tor the bad
debt he had made. While these and a
hundred other thoughts were passing
through my brain, it seemed to me that
an age had transpired. In reality l do
not suppose that at the outside more
than minute had elapsed since my un-
lucky fall. Suddenly, as in dream, L
heard the mailman, who now was seated
astride my chest, hiss
"We'n cut our way to the moon-my
knife is sharp. Let's try it on your
throat"
With curious deliberation he drew a
strong pocket knife and opened il.
"All right, friend, eh?" he cried,
laughing. "Now mind, do not leave
the carriage till come up to YOU"
81 am swift" said /, and declare 1
did not recognize my own voice. eff
1 go first, you shall certainly not over
take me-you start and I'll follow"
"Me start?"
"Yes, you're Drawer, stronger, and
you have the knife; you must 60 first to
clear the way.
"Of course, I forgot that" he cried,
almost to my horror, so utterly was 1
surprised. "Of course, forgot that"
he cried again. 81 must clear the
way"
Still sitting on me he deliberately
drew the bright blade across his throat.
In another NONE mt was deluged with
blood. At the same time the knife fell
from his nerveless grasp. To spring to
my feet, to seize the open wound and
press the edges together was the work of
an instant-though the sudden escape
made me stagger. At the same moment
we reached New Cross station, and a
porter threw open the carriage door.
Fortunately, the self-inflicted wound
of the mailman did not prove fatal.
Ultimately heard that the blood-let-
ting had beneficial effect on his brain.
1 discovered next day that he was
most dangerous lunatic who had man.
aged to escape from private asylum.
To my surprise, when looked at the
clock at New Cross, 1 found that the
journey from London bridge had not
taken ten minutes. They were certain
ly the longest ten minutes ever spent.
Fife (ScOtIand) NeDs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22
Why They Often Fail.

Young men often fail to get on in the
world because they neglect small oppor-
tunities. Not being faithful in little
things, they are not promoted to the
charge of greater things. A young man
who gets subordinate situation some
times thinks it not necessary for him to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

"This notched stick, suspended here
Beside the great hall door,
Hides many quaint and curious page
or unwrit family lore;
III holds the record OF our lives,
Each notch story tells,
And in its mystic marks and signs
Our family history dwells.
"'Twas not as now, when we were young.
Our schools were precious few,
And Also very far between
Our county numbered two
And fifteen miles In winter time,
Was rather for 10 go;
Remembering that the winters then
We're not devoid OF snow.
"And 80 the schooling we obtained
Myself aud husband Dick),
Consisted ell in marks and signs
And notches on n stick.
blush not here 10 own this fact:
The blame, II blame there be,
Murt all attach to circumstance,
And not TO Dick and me-
"This preface on the end, We notchsd
just sixty years ago,
Where we had built our little hut
And moved in, through the snow;
The worldly wealth we then possssssd,
I'll rot essay-to hide,
Consisted in yoke of stecrs,
log-chain, AZ and slide.
" But we were young and hopeful, and
Esteemed our prospects fair,
The richness Of our mutual love
Relieving every care;
We dwelt within q little world
All saoredly our own,
Basking in smiles and johnny cake,
Living on love and pone.
"This notch denotes tho day and date
When little Dick was born,
The first OF June, In twenty-nine-
Just nifty years this morn.
Poor boy he was not with us long,
His sands Of life we're few
For here we'notched him of again
In April, forty-two.
Tnis ugy notch myself,
When Daisy married wild Jack Jones,
And moved off TO herself
had no confidence in Jack,
Hed lived a reckless life;
Twas only under my protest
That no obtained his wife.
But Daisy brought about change,
Az good wife ever can,
And Jack has long since settled down
And proved himself man;
They own five hundred acres OF
fhe very best Of land,
And have genteel balance left
or ready cash on hand.
"Our cash account we've always kept
Upon this separate stick
make no entries here myself,
Bnt leave II all TO Dick
Each notch thousand represents,
In all just sixty -four,
And, should the crops prove fair this year,
Wen add about five more
"We've always kept our business SQUARE
And straighter than . string;
Have fairly dealt with all the world
And owe no man thing.
We've labored honestly and well
For every cent we've got,
And old age finds us happy and
Contented with our lot"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

Ny friends, we can't all be Washing
tons, but we kin oil be patriots and be-
have ourselves in human and Christ
ian manner. When we see brother
goin' down hill to ruin let us not give
him push, but let us seize rite hold of
his coat tails and draw him back to mo-
rality.-A. Ward.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

A MIpDLE-sIzEp boy, writing compo-
sition on Extremes" remarked that
1--WE should endeavor to avoid extremes,
especially those Of wasps and bees"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

THEY were discussing a very selfish
man, and some one, undertaking his do
Tense, remarked: "Oh, but You know
he has 30 many enemies" He an en-
emy?" was the reply chow could he
have one? lie never r, ndered . service
70 any ono but himself.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-04-22

IT is estimated ut the Revenue Office
thst the population in 1890 will he about
GO, 200, 600, and in 1900 about "a. 600. 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

PREPARATIONS are being made by
nearly all the countries of Europe and
by America for regular Arctic siege, to
begin in 1882. The days of Arctic cam
paigns are past. We have reached the
precincts of the citadel itself, and now
the sappers and miners must begin their
slow but sure work, to he capped at the
proper time by grand assault. Ger
many, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Rus
STA, Denmark, the United States and
we believe Canada are all to take part in
this great work by establishing observ-
ing stations at suitable points all round
the Polar area; while Italy is to send
out next scientifically-equipped expe
dition to the Antarctic region. This last
will really be an observing, as vel as an
exploring, expedition, preparatory to the
establishment of an Antarctic station.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

dians by tumbling about i'll clumsy
manner, he gradually increased his dis
lance from the shore till he at length
contrived to get hundred yards from
them without exciting their suspicion,
when he skated away ~ fast as he could,
and finally escaped. The other skater is
said to have been skating alone one
moonlight night, and, while contemplate
ing the reflection of the armament in the
clear ice, and the vast dark mass of for
est surrounding the lake and stretching
away in the background, he suddenly
discovered, to his horror, that the ada
cent bank was lined with pack of
wolves. He at once "made tracks" for
home, followed by these animals but
the skater kept ahead, and one by one
the pack tailed of. Two or three of the
foremost, however, kept up the chase,
but, when they attempted to close with
the skater, by adroitly turning aside he
allowed them to pass him, and, after n
few unsuccessful and vicious attempts
OF the part of the wolves, he succeeded
in reaching his log hut in safety.-Bel-
0rdCid
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
Skating for Life.

That skating has been in some clrcum-
stances something more than mere ell.
egant accomplishment is well illustrated
by two anecdotes, told by the author OF
some entertaining "reminiscences OF
Quebec" of two settlers in the far West,
who saved their lives by the aid of their
skates. In one case the backwoodsman
had been captured by Indians, who in
tended soon after to torture him to death.
Among his baggage there happened to
be pair of skates, and the Indians GU
riosity was 80 excited that they asked
their captive to explain their use. He
led his captors to the edge of wide lake,
where the smooth ice stretched away as
far rs the eye could see, and put on the
skates. Exciting the laughter of the In
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

COMPARED with the great nations OF
Europe, the United States shows a
greater population than any except Rus
STA, which contains over ~, 600, 900 IN
habitants. Against our 80, 1872, $50, Ger
many shows AZ, 1918 Austro- Hun
gary, 1881, 400; France, 5000, 7SS ;
Great Britain and Ireland, "a, $50, 900
Italy, 27,769,4 75; Spain, 16,526,5l1,
The total population of Europe is given
by the Almanach de Gotha rs 81, 1853,
713. Hence we have even now only
about one-sixth rs many inhabitantsl
though our area and that Of Europe rs a
whole are nearly equal. The eight
largest States in the Union are in the or
der named: % New York, (2) Penn
sylvania, CD Ohio, (4) Illinois, CO. Mis-
souri,, (6) Indiana, CD Massachusetts,,
(s) Kentucky. Tue aggregate popula-
ton of these States in 1880 was %, 221
475, and in 1870 it was 10, 224, 100. They
had then just about one-half the tota
population they now fall short of it by
nearly 100000.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

For years old John Koop, of Hous-
son, Texas, has been known az a miser.
He died few days ago of starvation,
refusing food up to the last moment.
He left $4,000 in real estate and in
money, owning much property in Hous-
ton. He was hater of mankind, and
hated women so much that he would not
even rent his house to one of them.
The miser lived III two-room howell.
When he was dying the room was so
dark that the doctor, who had come vol
UNFAIRLY to attend the man, ordered an
other candle lighted, but old Koop
raised his head and with his dying
breath expostulated and forbade the
extravaganza.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
Substitutes for Lumber.

There are abundant evidences that
less lumber of any description will be
used in the future than in the past. The
fire ordinances Of all large cities have
put a stop to the construction of wooden
buildings within their limits. In most
large cities wooden sidewalks are pro.
hibited. Wooden pavements which
were so popular a few years ago, and
which called for the destruction of SO
large All amount of lumber, have fallen
into disfavor. Many public and a large
number of private buildings in all large
towns are now constructed, finished and
furnished almost entirely of other ma
terials than wood. The walls are of
stone, brick or concrete, the ROOF is COW
cred with slate or metal, the ceilings and
supports of the floors and roof are iron,
while partition walls are made of some
form of concrete or of plasterlng APP
piled to lathing formed of wire. Stone
is generally taking the place Of wood for
making culverts on dirt roads, and iron
bridges are very fast superseding those
made of wood. More iron and less wood
Is used in the construction of carriages
and farming implements.
ABOUT nal1 the pine lumDer uSeu III
the Western States since their settle
ment commenced has been employed
for erecting fences on farms. At present
very little is used for this purpose, and
in the future less will be used than Mt
present Barbed wire has taken the
place of boards If pine or hemlock, and
metal or stone posts will soon be used
instead of those formed of cedar or vari-
Gus other kinds of wood. In many
places posts split from limestone could
be furnished cheaper than those made
of red cedar. With rare exceptions,
wood is no longer used as fuel. Rail
roads discontinued its employment for
generating steam long ago, and manu-.
featuring establishments followed their
example. Aside from its employment
in lighting fires, soft coal has taken the
place Of wood for heating and cooking
purposes in nearly every portion Of the
West. Coal can generally be purchased
for the money it costs to prepare wood
for burning in stove or CRATE. With
this diminished use for timber, our ,up
ply is sufficient for at least century.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

A SKETCH of the new Senator from
California says: Gen. John T. Miller,
who is to succeed Mr.. Booth as United
States Senator from California, is n ma
tive of Indiana, and was warm personal
friend of the late Senator Morton. He
was q General in the Federal army dur
ing the late war, and was afterward made
Collector of the Port of San Francisco
by President Johnson. He has amassed
a large fortune since he settled in Cali
fornia, and now President of the Alaska
Commercial Company. He was Hayes
rs we'll as Garfield elector, and was also
a member of the State Constitutional
Convention.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

TEXAS, with an area of more than
pa, 900 square miles, has great variety
of soils, but until recently but little has
been known of the country between the
Brazils and Rio Grande and north of the
thirty-first parallel of latitude. For
merly it embraced the hunting grounds
of the Apaches and Comanches. The
wild horse, the buffalo, antelope, bear,
deer, and turkey Toasted and fattened
upon the rich grasses, and were found in
vast numbers. When the Fort Yuma
stage line was started, and forts were To-
Gated and occupied, adventurous stock
men established ranches. Then the SUI
periority of this vast area was manifest
~ a grass producing and cattle-grazing
district. The grasses were vastly better
ing than i'll most of the other parts of
the State. When in 1878 it became
known that the Pacific Railway Com
pany were arranging to push their road
to q speedy completion, enterprising
grangers began their encroachments
upon the stock ranches. They found
the land most slightly to the eye. The
wheat, corn, cotton, oats, rye, barley,
millet, and vegetables yielded far better
crops than they had anticipated, and in
1870, when drought had caused the
great grain and cotton fields of South
and Central Texas to wither and dwin-
die away, they, with poor tillage, raised
fair crops the rain fell in season, the
grass grew, and the country that had
been deemed worthless as arabic land
soon became known as the best in the
State. This knowledge has extended,
the section israpidly filling up, and this
years crop far exceeds that of 1879.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

Henry left his overcoat in charge of the
janitor, and when he came to depart the
garment was not forthcoming. He now
demands that the Towarzstwo Polskie
q. w. Zayemnego w. Sparcia Koscuisz-
XII will pay him the full value OF his
coat. As the Polish Government has
ceased to be an entity. and as there is
no official representative of it in the
country, the probabilities are that the
Towarzstwo PolslSie u. w. Zayemnego
w. Sparcia Koscuiszki will get the
worst of il.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

EX-SENATOR PoMERoY, of Kansas,
we'll known as cold POM" strong
politician in the Lincoln days, but killed
off because he was said TO have used
money in State affair, lives in Wash
ington. He has regained some of his old
popularity in Kansas. We remember a
campaign speech that he once made. He
was brought out at the meeting before
some other speaker, and said: my
father was wagon-maker, and he told
me that in life it is always best to put
the little wheel ahead. The committee
have done so tonight.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

SECRETARY ScHURz, says Washing
ton correspondent, as soon as he retires
from the Cabinet, VIII publish book.
He has been engaged on it, at intervals,
for several years. 1t will be a sort OF
politico- historical novel, in which he
will make certain of lis actors say what
he thinks about some public men and
public questions. This book will be
Endymion" like, thought it will hard
iy create such n sensation as Disraeli's.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

THE Oneida Community, which some
time ago gave up its peculiar free-love
practices, has now abandoned the com
munity idea altogether, and has become
simply business cooperation, to be con-
Quoted or strictly business principles,
under the name of 1.-THE Oneida Com
munity, Limited" with a paid-up cap
ital of 100000. DIR. John H. Noyes,
the founder of the community, has gone
TO Canada with few enthusiastic fol-
lowers, intent on establishing another
community.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

Or Hannibal Hamlin, Washington
correspondent says: "Senator Hamlin
has always been considered the best in
Auence' of any man in Washington. 1t
has been the rule of his life to look out
for his friends. When the head of a
department sees the Senator from Maine
coming into his Office, he begins to
think OF the vacancies ne has to fill, and,
if the Secretary doesn't find a place he
can spare, Uncle Hannibal looks over
the books and picks out what he wants,
and he generally gets it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

A CASE of great interest to philologists
is to he tried in Cincinnati. A gentle
man seems to have sued the alphabet
before q Justice named Schwab. The
party sued is Towsrzstwo Polskie u. w.
Zayemnego w. Sparcia Koscuiszki, a
benevolent society. 1t seems that the
Towarzstwo Polskie u. w. Zayemnego
w. Sparcia Koscuiszki gave ball,
which was attended by Henry Potthost.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

BosroN, whatever may have been its
adverse fortune, still remains an ex-
tremely wealthy city. as list of its rich
men and women shows. The real estate
of the city is valued at $437, go, 600.
The personal property is estimated at
$201 ,S58, 600. There is total increase
of valuation over that of 1879 Of $50,
766, 800.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21

THE husband OF fashionable Gal
weston lady was reading the paper at
breakfast the other morning about n
railroad accident in New York. He re-
marked:
"The damage done TO the train is oeti-
mated at S1s, 900"
What q splendid dress that must
have been! / wonder what kind OF ma
terial the train was made Of Oh,
George, ] must send TO New York for
enc exactly like it"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
The Truth Ont at Last.

The mother of two sons, twins, met
one of the brothers in afield one morning.
(Which one of you two boys am speak.
ing to?" asked the mother. "Wby do you
ask2" inquired the lad prudently. "Be-
cause if 1T is your brother L will box his
ears. cit is not my brother-it is i"
"Then your brother is wearing your
coat, for yours had hole in it. +" "No,
mother, L am wearing my own coat "
"Good heavens, cried the mother. look
ing at MIN intently, you are your
brother after all |"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-01-21
MARY MERIwRArHRR asks us ON 4

MARY MERIwEATHRR asks us on q
postal why the snow lies on the ground.
Well, Mary, we are not thoroughly post
eel in oil the qualifications of meteoro-
logical science, but, ss we look ut the
question IA it first presents itself, we
would say it lies ON the ground because
its physiological structure doesn't per-
init it to sit ON q chair. -SxeubenVille
Herald.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-08

Y. L. Z. A.-AIeets at their rooms In Eos.
ter's brick building on Wednesday evenings
at ] 30 o'clock, and on Sabbath afternoons at
4. Business meetings are held on the even
ing oi the second Monday IN each month.
Everybody invited to attend.
U. p. CHURCH. -Preachingevcry Sabbath,
at IL 4. ~, and p. n. by Rev. s. q. Ir.
vine. ID. ID. Sabbath school at 2:30 p. ~.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening.
EvASGEucAL CnUEcH.-Pr Preaching on Sab.
bath at II a. ~. and Is +. II. Sabbath
School 1915. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. W. {. Kantner, pastor.
CHURCH. H.-Servicescvery
Sabbath at IL 4. II. and p. II. Sabbath
School at 2:30. Prayer meeting ON
Thursday evening of each week. j. w.
Harris, pastor.
NJ. X. CHURCu, SoUTB. Services every
Sabbath at st. Paul's N. f. Church, South,
at III 4. II. and = p. NJ. Sabbath School
at l21 p II. Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening. VI. {. Miller, pastor.
NJ. +. CHuKcH.-Preaching every Sabbath
at II A. n. and u r. n. Song service IN
the evening before sermon. Sabbath School
1t 2.3O ?. n. Prayer meeting every Thur
lay evening. i. Dillon, pastor.
BAPTIST CHURcH.-Services every Sabbath
at II A. II. and II r. n. Sabbath School al
IL. Prayer meeting every Thursday even
ing. w. J. Crawford, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHuEcH.-Service everJ
Sabbath morning and evening in Collegs
Chapel. Sunday School Immediately ritter tn,
morning service. Prayer meeting even
Thursday evening. Rev. Elbert u. COndit
pastor.