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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Getting Your Photograph.

The best way to come is to come nat
ural. That's why actresses take such
excellent pictures. They allow You to
posture them as you please. III you
twist ladys head she gets mad while
an actress will allow herself to be twisted
and turned and poised and arranged as
much as you please. It's a pleasure to
take them, for you are always sure
OF good picture. But deliver me from
minister's They are never satisfied.
They are stiff and disagreeable, and
their photos never suit. Ladies come
in with their hair done up in the most
outlandish styles, and then complain
and ask for another sitting, because
their hair is not done the way they are
accustomed to. As if we did up their
hair Then, when We ask them to stand
up little, they complain, Il never
stand up SO straight; and next day
when they see the proof, they say, 'Oh!
how humpbacked you have made me. ,
It's no use to tell them you told them to
stand straight; they only answer, Il
did not know was stopping so. No
amount of retouching of the negative
will straighten up these. "-Baitin,ore
photographer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Pie.

A young man, whom we will call Dud-
ley Ashton, went out to the North Park
to write up the mines, and otherwise to
whoop mp the country and make it bios
som as the rose.
After he had been there some time he
thought that the miners didn't live high
enough. He had been accustomed to
luxury and pie, so he said he would
show the boys how to make pie.
Every one was glad that professional
pie-promoter had struck the camp,
and there was general good feeling all
around
So Dudley took off his coat and took a
tions for six fre-proof pies. He made
some plaster of Paris dough with ANAL
gam filling, and proceeded to put in the
works" He got some canned black
berries that we're on Jack Creek when
the Indians invaded the camp years ago.
and that were SO hard even then that the
Utes would not touch them.
These he kiln-dried and laid In the
pie, holding them in place with ten
penny nails, and trimmed with overskirt
of the same. After that he was ready
to pnt on the sheet iron roof This he
did, fastening it down with wrought
iron rivets. Then he got an engraver to
put his monogram on the top, and put
the whole six pies in the retort of the
assayers furnace
The following week the pies were
taken out, still at white heat They
were gradually cooled, and after the
mid day meal of bacon and coffee, every
man put his napkin under his chin and
.smacked his lips, while Dudley took n
pie out to the blacksmith shop to divide
it mp for dessert.
Only one man ate any pie that day.
He was the man above whose lowly
tomb the blue-eyed poison weed is wav-
ing. and where in the quiet midnight,
the soft-voiced coyote COOS mellow re-
QUEEN.
The boys in the Park feared that they
would have to kill man in order to start
q cemetery, but when that pie penetrated
the system of its victim, death entered
the new metropolis, and on the plain
white slab, erected over the new-made
grave, they simply wrote:
Turn, sinners, turn why will We die
From eating cold, cast-iron pie?l
-4Lngd,nie Cfty BOOMERANG.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
with It's House OF Burgesses and grow

with It's House Of Burgesses and grow
ing college, attracting thither the wis
dom and fashion of the Dominion, was
scarce dozen miles away. Until Corn
wallis stationed himself there, Yorktown
had escaped the ravages of war on the
Virginia coast, and after its surrender 1t
sill contained about seventy houses, not
more than two or three having been
wholly destroyed. Fifteen years later 1t
had not extended its limits. and we lind
its population, more than half OF which
was composed of negroes, numbering
about 500 souls. The last war, it need
hardly be said, left it in depressed con-
dition, almost beyond recovery, and to-
dav it contains not more than 800 inhab-
itants, among whom are to he found but
few descendants of the ancient proprie-
tors. In fact, it seems to be the lot OF
Yorktown that the more it becomes a
historical spot, the less it becomes any
thing else. = Henry Il. Johnston, IN
Harper's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
NihilIsm I'm Rusxia

The Nihilistic faction in Russia organ
lied under the influence of the philoso-
ply of Bakunin, who, in 1913, preached
the doctrine of destruction. His theory
was that society, as it existed, was In be-
lief, impulse, and habit, all wrong, and
that reform was possible only after the
existing state OF things had been annihi-
lated. He argued that all governments
aud all churches should be overthrown,
and that society should be reconstructed
on communi,tic principles. Under cover
of this agitation the Nihilists entered
politics, using assassination and menace
to accomplish their ends. The extrem-
lists of this party are responsible for
the assassination of the Gar and other
acts connected Herewith. They are
known rs "rerrorists," and aim at the
destruction of all Government. They
are said TO be comparatively few in num-
her, The main body of the so-called
Nihilists aim at a peac full revolution
which will make away with CARBON and
establish republic. Opposite to these
two factions are the Russophiies, uncom-
promisingly in favor of the present form
of government; the Slavophiles, who
favor the ancient Russian government
the counsels of the Assembly of Land
Representatives; the Liberal party. rep
resented by the late Gar and General
Melikoff, and the German aud Polish
parties. All of these are, as has been
said, opposed to the Nihilists, and are
practically united against them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Inventor OF the Postage Stamps.

The Hon. E. A. Mitchell, Postmaster
at New Haven, Conn. claims to have in
vented the postage stamp in 1847. and
shows several samples of the original. 1t
did not differ much in size aud form
from the present Government stamp, but
was of brown color, was printed on or
binary paper, and contained the words,
paid. New Haven Postoflice. cents.
E. A. Mitchell, p. NJ" Mr.. Mitchell
had them printed for the use and conven-
fence of citizens of New Haven. who had
complained to him of the delay some
times occasioned by their being unable
to prepay letters except III Office hours.
The stamps were sold by the Postmaster,
and accepted in prepayment when affix-
ed. A high price is put upon specimens
of this stamp by the collectors, and the
present Postmaster at New Haven has
frequent application for them.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Inventive Genius West and East.

We have always maintained the super
iority of the West over the East in
most OF the essentials /; but there is one
branch of progress wherein the East
still takes the lead. In certain lines of
invention the people of Massachusetts,
far outstrip the people of Michigan. Up
to a very recent date il has been a sad
drawback to the comfort of prison off
Gals in furnishing eonvicts that the latter
could not be kept for any length of time
on tipt0e. No matter how high their
hands were fastened, the ungrateful
wretches would manage somehow, by
stretching their arms or some other por-
tions of their anatomy, TO get their heels
on the ground, and thereby defraud their
torturers of lawful enjoyment and the
pleasant emotions excited by the observ-
ance of human misery.
But the inventive genius of the Yam
kee has come to the rescue of the abused
prison official. Some sharp witted fell
low iii the Reform School at Westboro,
Massachusetts,, hit not long since upon
the simple device of placing sharp
pointed lacks under the heels of con-
victs when suspended by the wrists.
They are quite willing now to stand OH
tiptoe instead of meanly settling back
upon their heels and the keepers are
correspondingly happy. A Michigan
man would never have thought of this.
The recent investigation at IOnia showed
that the authorities there were mere
slavish imitators of the authorities in
Eastern prisons. They had the strap
and the paddle" and they fed their
convicts upon rotton meat, just as the
Eastern torturers of convicts have done
for years. But they hadn't n spark OF
originality. Detroit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Yorktown.

The scene OF the surrender has long
been much-neglected spot. Yorktown
is not reached 10y railway, and is off the
line of progress. Some day it may re-
vive its old-time prosperity I; Mt least it
ought to become more accessible as a
point for future pilgrimage. Before the
Revolution the town was quite an empo-
rum, the only port from which the Vir-
ginia planters shipped their tobacco to
England. Baltimore and Norfolk grad
ually reduced it by competition. Some
two centuries or more ago we first hear
of il as one of the few outposts or forts
in the colony. In 1725 it was the center
of n thriving county--an Episcopal par
isl, of sixty communicates, with a
church williamsburg, the capital.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Man SUPERIOR 10 fine Hog.

The cover of Miss Gordon Cummings
book, cat Home in Fiji" is decorated
with a representation of cannibal
fork, such as was exclusively used for
eating human flesh. Some of these
forks belonging to the chiefs were eight
cen inches long, of dark polished wood,
with handles richly carved. The ovens
still exist in which the cannibal cookery
was carried on; and many details of the
process, and the particular kind of vege-
tables eaten with such food, are given.
One chief gave the authoress his opinion
on the relative merits of pork and hui
man flesh, expressing his preference for
the latter, declaring there's no COM
parison between them The embrao-
ing of the missionaries religion, which
necessitated the REIMBURSEMENT of such
dellcacy, becomes all the more meri-
torious on the part of the Fijians, who
had TO be satisfied with inferior meat.
e. ~ n n r..
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
RESCUED FROM DEATH.

william j Coughin. of Sonerve. Mass says; In the
fan OF 1876 taken with bleeding of the lungs. fol
lowed by a severe cough. lost my appetite and flesh.
ant confined 10 my bed. IN 1877 was admitted to
the hosp The doctors said had hole my lung as
big half dollar. At time report went around
dead MP hope, but friend told me OF
DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS. got
bottle, when. 10 my SURPRISE commenced To feel bet
ter and to-day Zee! better than for thre past
write this hoping every a cted with diseased lungs
will take DIR WILLIAM HALLS BALshM, and be con-
vinced that.CoNsUMPTIoN CAN CURED. l can posi-.
lively say u has done good than ali the other nedi-
cines have taken nee my sickness
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
lp,om the chicago western catholic. /,

THE latest man who has been made hap
py through the use Of this valuable inimcnt
is Mr. James A. Conlan, Librarian Of the
Union Catholic Library of this city The
following is Mr.. Conlan's Endorsement:
Union CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,
204 DEARBORN STREET,
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 1880
wish to add my testimony rs to the mcr-
its of st. Jacobs Oil as Il cure for rheuma-
tism One bottle has cured me of this trou-
blesome disease, which gave me II great deal
OF bother for Il long time; bat thanks to the
remedy / am cured. This statement is un.
solicited by any one in its interest.
JAMES A. CONAN, Librarian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

EuERT's EXTRACT OF TAR AND WILD CHERRY
has been used for twenty years, and during that
time has saved many very valuable lives. Do
not neglect cough or cold until it is too late.
Try tins excellent remedy, and we are snre you
will he convinced Of its merits. Chronic
following the directions. Every bottle il war
ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the
Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Sold by
all good druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
~woneu Never Ihink.o

II the Grabbed old bachelor who uttered this
sentiment could but witness the Intense thought,
deep study and thorough investigation of women
III determining the best medicines to keep their
families WEI and would note their sagaclty and
wisdom i'll selecting Hop BItters AZ the best, and
demonstrating II 10y keeping their families in
perpetual health, at mere nominal expense, he
would he forced 10 acknowledge that sucn senti-
ments Az Laseless and talse.-P icay,ine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
81 Don,t Wan, thnt Stuffr,

Is what a lady OF Boston SAID to her husband
when he brought home some medicine 10 cure
her OF SICK headache snd neuralgia WHICH mad
made her miserable for fourteen years. At the
inst ATTACK thereafter 1t was administered TO
her with such good results that she continued
its use until cured, and wGs 40 enthusiastic III
its praise that she induced twenty-five Of the
best families in her role TO adopt II ~ their
regular family medicine That ''stuff Ii Hop
Riiters Si0ufl1rd
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

UNCLE SAM CONDITION POWDERS are rec
commended by stock-owneTs who have used
them AZ the best Horse and Cattle Medicine to
be had If the animal IL Scraggy, Spiritless, or
has no appetite, these Powders are an excel
ent remedy, andevery owner o. stock Will do
well to try them. They are prepared by the
Emmert Proprietary Co., Chicago, H.. very
relal le firm. and sold by ali good druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

ivers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard A.
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer
II to all others. Physicians have decided it So
peyior TO any OF the other oils in market
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
MARY c. is a very popular little

MARY C Is very popular little
girl, and is invited to all of the chill
dren's birthday parties, where she never
forgets To wish, Many happy returns
of the day" Recently she overheard
her father telling her mother that Mrs
j, the mother of seven children, had
just had birthday party, the said
party" being nine pounds, very live
weight. Mary at once asked her hor-
ritied mamma "Shall L trOt over and
wish her many happy returns Of the
day ?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

The Chinese must go, and all Americans should
go-and buy bottle Of Carbolne, the deOdor-
lied petroleum hair remover and dresser Since
the recent improvement, no preparation ever
had such a sale or gave such general ratisfac-
ton as Carboline. Sold 10y all druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

A. @. LAWRENCE lostsl0O, 900 in bonds
in New York the other day, by their
slipping through hole in his pocket.
The hole in the pocket would Indicate
that Mr.. Lawrence was a new splper
mar hut the 100000 in bolds is
against such O theory. Sam
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

THOUSANDS testify TO the curative properties
Of LYDIA +. PInkham's Vegetable Compound
in all fonale complaints.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Frnzer Axle Grease.

Best in the world. Made only by the Frazer
Lubricstor Co, at Chicago, New York and St
Louis Sold everywhere.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Flies and Mosquitoes.

15c. box Rough on Rats" keeps house free
from flies, bed-bugs, reaches, rats, mice, etc
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

HE man who has no enemies should
look about him to see if he has any real
friends
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

KIpNEY-wohr always relieves and cures the
| worst Cases of piles and Constipation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

"YEs, Agnes, I'm going to have n
cream colored silk, provided pa doesn't
veto the appropriation ma has passed. ="
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29
Irrom .he Kan.a. city Mall.l

NfENmEh OF. Iris department relieved of
rheumatism by the use Of ST Jacobs Oil,
says Geo w. WaIling Esq, Superintendent
Police. New York in one of our exchanges.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-29

&c - con per day 1T home Samples worth IS free
Do 10 pZU Address sTnssoS a 90 Portland, Me
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-08
American RacelOrses.
From the London Field.

From the London Field.
In the July number Of the Quarterly Re-
view, published in 1888, Mr. Apperly (alias
3Nimrod') venture d upon startling and
daring prophecy. 1T is in the New World
that is to say, America" he remarked,
that racing and the consequent improve
n1ent of horses are making the most rapid
ptogressj so much so, indeed; as, from the
excellent choice the Americans make OF
their stud horses, to incline some persons
to the opinion that, in the course of half
another century, we shall have to go to the
United States to replenish our own blood,
which must degenerate if that of the most
sound and enduring quality is transported
to that country" Fifty years, save two,
have elapsed since these words were writ
ten, and behold! the autumn of 1881 has
seen their fulflment. In each of the last
three meetings held at Newmarket this year,
Mr.. J. r. Keene's magnificent colt Foxhall
gave abundant evidence Of his quality and
excellence by going on crescendo from the
first to the second October meeting, and
finally setting the seal upon his matchless
fame by winning the Cambridgeshire in the
Houghtoh meeting at an unprecedented
weight. Foxhall is at this moment the best
horse in tho world. It is to MIR. Keene's
colt that Englishmen must look for sire
capable of infusing new vigor and stamina
into what must, We fear, be pronounced a
declining breed of horses; and it would be
a singular climax to Foxhall's unique ca.
reer It some wealthy English purchaser
should ihduce Mi. Keene-- which we think
little likely-to part with the grandest horse
In existence.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-08
Facts and Faneies.

Up to date this year ,420, 900 immigrants
have been landed at Castle Garden, which
is an excess Of 100,O over that Of this
date last year. Out Of the s, OOO, 900 inn.
migrants who came to the United States
from 1847 to 1879 as many as 5000. 900.
three fourths of the whole number. landed
at the port of New York ...erl
MIR. Henry Merely, of England, recently
said to New York reporter: II have been
greatly struck by the immense size of the
American stores, especially tie dry-eoodls
stores. In this city, in Chicago and In all
he large cities, there are dry goods stores
which, are simply immenBe. There ia
nothing like themssin the old county, lam
impressed, too, by thegreatsrush andse ner-
~. Of everybody. Everybody seems ]: to
get ahead. esz ~. -
In making up his forms the foreman of a
Montreal paper mixed an article on Roman
Catholic Missions in Africa with q recipe
for making tomato catsup. Asppublished
the article reads: 1.-THE Roman Catholics
claim to be making material advances in
Africa. During the past three years they
have obtained a firm footing in the interior
of the continent. and have sent forth several
missionaries into the equatorial regions.
They are accustomed to begin their work by
buying heather children and educating
them. The easiest and best way &c prepare
them is to first wipe them with a clean
towel; then place them in dipping pans
and bake them till they are tender. Then
you will have no difficulty In rubbing them
through sieve, and will rave time by not
being obliged to cut them in slices and cook
tor several hours. 81
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-08
Tom COrWin'S canvass

An Anecdote by General Garfield =.
When Corwln was nominated for con
gress he had no more idea of an election
than the dead. Buthe went out to canvass
on horseback, through the settlements from
log cabin to log cabin and solicit votes.
His competitor was almost sure of his
election, for the district was strongly with
his party. One night Corwin stopped at a
log hut, where oil the family ate, slept and
lived in the only room in the house, after
the simple habits Of that day. The occu-
pant was a democrat and Corwin said he
never dreamed of getting his vote. But that
night, as they gathered round the freside,
he asked the fellow if he knew Mr., his
competitor. WALL" replied the farmer,
Il rather guess I do-Ill never vote for
him." This was sensation to Corwin.
He was now on the trail of something that
might prove beneficial in bis canvass
something he might use at his next meeting
to set the house in a roar. May ask your
reason for not voting for him?" said Mr..
..ocofoco." ''Waal," drawled the old man,
you see it was this way. He was here
one night just as you be tonight, and mann
and I went into that ar bed light there, and
he into this bed right here. Afore he got
oS0oSoSA
pray. 'Hishtv says I, mann, our Con-
gresham is kinder pious.' Jist then he
opens his saddlebags, and peeped out to see
what it was, and I'll be COLL
dalned if it wasn't shirt, and
into it he elm and popped into bed, and
jist looked like an ole woman for all the
world. You and l." droned the farmer.
Mr.. Corwin, works hard all day in our ole
shilts, and they is ALFRED sweaty some
times, but we thinks nothin' Of sleepin' in
'em. But that darned cuss is 50 aristocrat-
ic that he hez to put Oh airs and kerry his
wife's shirt around with him. I'll never
vote for no SIGH man." Tom had it. He
slept little that night. Next day he went
forth on his errand of drumming up a crowd
for his night meeting. Night after night he
told that yarn to crowds. who serenaded
it with yelB OF laughter. Tom carried the
district and went to CONGRESS-. While Tom
Corwin was telling that very story and Just
as he reached the climax and was on his
feet vociferating that comical speech
about the shirt, his head dropped little,
his countenance turned asiy and he start
ed to fall, but I caught him in my arms,
and so Tom Corwin died.