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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-19
The Return OF the Mule.
Detroit Free Press

You could see that she was innocent
and confding by the way she held that
big brown toy mule under her arm as
she logged along Woodward avenue, and
no old woman's face ever wore a more
satisfied look than hers did when she
finally entered a store and placed that
mule on the counter, and said:
La sakesl but I'm nearly tuckered
out! This is the place where L bought
this mule"
eyes, that toy came from our store,
ceplied the clerk.
81 gin dollar for it; bought it for my
grandson. He's such boy for horses
and mules and wagons and whips, and
so on, that thought it would tickle him
most to death. I"
eyes"
"But it didn't. He's the disappoint-
eldest child you ever saw. Like to cried
himself to death Sunday"
"What is wrong with the mule?"
Everything. In the first place my
grandson wants mule which opens his
mouth and can be stuffed full of hay.
This mules jaws are sot."
Eyes, but"
"And he wants mule which will roll
his eyes and drop his ears"
"But we haven't any such mules"
"No, suppose not, but the boy wants
one all the same. This mule don't even
kick"
"Of course not. "
"And he hasn't got any harness on"
"No."
"Then what's the good of him? If he
won't eat, nor kick. nor bite, nor roll
his eyes, what's the boy going to do?
Haven't you got toy horse which runs
away and smashes things?"
ono"
"Nor lion which paws and roars?"
"No, ma'am.
"Nor COW which bellers when you
squeeze on her?"
"Sorry to say we haven't"
"Well, I've got to trade this mule for
suntin' or other to amuse that boy. II
you had tiger which frothed at the
mouth /"
"But we haven't got"
'Have you goose which fops heI
wings?'
"No. The only toy we have left is a
black boy who rolls his eyes and utters
a squeak when you hit him on the
back"
"That'll do-that's iist the thing, and
we'll trade even. He'll put in to-day
punching the black boy between the
shoulders, use up to-morrer diggin' on
his eyes, and next day he'll cut him M
and string him over the backyard, anc
by that time his father will be HON,
from New York with drum, four mouth
organs and chest of tools. Here
your mule-Gimme the blackamoorp'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-19

Beside those tabulated above, the fol-
lowing-named diseases were reported
each by one observer: Cholera infant
um, chorea and gastritis.
For the week ending May 6, 1882,
the reports indicate that intermittent
and remittent fever increased, and that
diarrhea and influenza decreased in area
of prevalence.
At the State Capitol, the prevailing
winds were northeast and southwest !;
the average temperature was higher,
average absolute humidity was greater,
the average relative humidity and aver
age day ozone were the same, and the
average night ozone was less, during
the week ending May 6, than during
the preceding week.
Including reports by regular OBJ
servers and by others, diphtheria was
reported present during the week end
ing May 6, and since, at 26 places,
scarlet fever at 18 places, measles at Is
places and smallpox at 6 places, as fol-
lows: AT Flint and Manistee 1.-TWO cases
at each placel, May g; at Detroit Zone
case reported convalescent), May 6, and
new case May 10; at East Saginaw
1.-TWO cases.. and Saginaw City Zone case),
May 10. May 4 smallpox was unoffi-
cialy reported at Menominee; authori-
ties there have thus far failed to report
the facts.
HENRY b. BAKER. Secretary.
LANSING, May IL. 1882.
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Tho Faithful shepherd hoy

Gerhardt was German shepherd boy;
and noble fellow he was, too, although
he was very, very poor.
=, One d y as ne was watching his flock,
which was feeding in valley on the bor-
ders of forest, hunter came out OF
the woods and asked:
How far is IL to the nearest vii
lager"
six miles, sir, replied the boy" but
the road is only sheer track, and very
easily missed"
The hunter glanced at the crooked
track, and then said:
"My lad, L am hungry, tired and
thirsty. 1 have lost my companions
and missed my way. Leave your sheep
and show me the road. L will pay you
we'll
81 cannot go, sir, replied Gerhardt.
very firmly. MY master pays me for
my time, and he trusts me with his
sheep. If L were to sell you my time,
which does not belong to me, and the
sheep should get lost, 1t would be just
the same as if / stole them.
"Well," said the hunter, twill you
trust your sheep with me while you so
to the village and get some food and
drink and guide? | will take good
care OF them for your"
Ct cannot leave my sheep, sir, re-
joined Gerhardt. They would stray
into the forest and be eaten by wolves
or stolen by robbers"
"Well, what of that?" queried the
hunter. "l'hey are not your sheep.
The loss of one or more wouldn't De
much to your master and III give You
more money than you ever earned Ill
whole year.
The boy shook his hea0. The
sheep" said he, "do not know your
voice, and Gerhardt stopped speak
ing.
"And what? Can't you trust me?
Do L look like dishonest man ?" asked
the hunter, angrily.
"Sir," said the boy, slowly, "you
tried to make me false to my trust, and
wanted me to break my word to my
master. How do / know you would
keep your word to me ?"
The hunter laughed for he felt that
the boy had fairly cornered him. He
said, 81 see, my lad, that you are
good, faithful boy. 1 will not forget
you. Show me the road and / will try
to make it out for myself"
Gerhardt now offered the humble con-
tents of his scrip to the hungry man,
who, coarse as they were, ate them
gladly. Presently his attendants came
up, and then Gerhardt, to his surprise,
found that the hunter was the Grand
Duke, who owned all the country round.
The Duke was so pleased with the boys
honesty that he sent for him shortly
after, and had him educated. In after
years Gerhardt became very rich and
powerful man but he remained honest
and true to his dying day. Honesty,
truth and fidelity are precious jewels In
the character of child.
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The story Of the Secretary Bird.

1t must not be supposed that the Sec
rotary Bird, which has its home i'll South
Africa, received its name because it Is III
the habit of writing letters for other
birds, or attending TO the correspondence
of any living creature. On the contrary,
there is no other reason for his singular
name than the fact that he has behind
one ear tuft of feathers, somewhat
resembling quill pen stuck behind the
ear of clerk. This bird has another
name-that of Snake Eater-which
seems much more suitable for the most
remarkable thing about the Secretary
Bird is his habit of feeding upon large
snakes.
There is story told about the way
the Secretary Bird came to be a snake
eater, which is, L am quite sure, nothing
but q mere fable, but which may be OF
interest to those who have heard of the
peculiarities OF this curious and interest
ing creature. The story runs as fol.
lows:
There was time when the Secretary
Bird lived on fish, like other long-legged
and crane-like birds, and he was so well
satisfied with his fare that he never
cared for any other kind of food.
One day large Secretary Bird was
standing in the water, on the edge of a
river, busily engaged in fishing. When
he caught fish he would wade ashore
and there eat it. While he was thus
engaged in fishing large serpent came
winding his way along the river bank,
and, rs soon rs he perceived the bird he
stopped TO see what it was doing. When
the Secretary Bird came cut of the
water TO eat the fish the Snake re-
marked:
"Friend, it seems to me you would
make plcasanter meal if you would
toss your fish upon the bank as fast as
you catch them, and then, when you
have enough. come out and eat them at
your leisure"
81 should like that plan very WELL"
said the Secretary Bird; "but if should
toss freshly caught fish upon the bank
he would flop into the water as soon as
/ had gone to catch another. Thus L
should always be catching fish and eat
ing none.
"There need be no trouble of that
kind today" said the Snake; "for, il
If you will throw the fish on shore, will
see that they do not get into the water
again."
"Thank you very kindly" said the
Secretary Bird. eff you will do that it
will save time, and 1 shall soop catch
enough fish for dinner"
"I shall be only too glad to oblige
YOU" said the Serpent.
Thereupon the Bird waded into the
river, and as soon as he caught fish he
threw it ashore, where the Snake took
care that IL did not get into the water
again. When the Bird thought he had
! caught enough Ash he came ON shore
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-19
The White Deer.

1t has always been n superstition
among the hunters of Pike County,
Penn, that to kill white deer would
take away all good luck from any one
SO thoughtless as to fire tho fatal shot.
White deer are among the rare animals
that roam che woods. They are SO rare,
in fact, that many people believe them
to be myths. Old hunters declare that
they have seen deer as white as snow
bounding over the Pike County ridges i'll
days gone by, and relate instances of
the fate which overlook men who were
so rash rs to kill them. A well-known
resident of the county expresses his
sacred belief in the superstition, and
relates a singular incident to show how
well founded it is:
white deer" ne says, "are all gone
from our woods now, the last one having
been killed In 1872 by Hornbeck Sinner
ana two others. That deer was we'll
known to all the old hunters, but of
course none of them ever raised gun
against it. Hornbeck Sinner moved
away from this county about the time
the war broke out, made some money i'll
the army. and bought the Exchange
hotel property in Wilkesbarre. In 1872
he was worth $4,000. He was a good
hunter, having learned how while he
lived along the Lackawaxen. While
camping up on the Shohola in the fall
of ~, with l.. T.. Bevans, of Port Jer-
Wis, and Henry Frank, think his name
was, of Luzerne county, they heard that
the white dear had been seen over near
Freening's. In spite of the protests OF
the local hunters with them, they deter
mined to drive the ridge for the deer and
kill it. The succeeded in starting the
deer, and all got shot at it, killing it
and bringing it into camp. Not long
afterward Sinners health began to fail,
although he was as rugged and strong
as an OK before, and still young man.
He died lingering death three years
afterward. You all know that he was
brought to the old homestead up the
river and buried. It was found that
within year or so he had become in
volved financially. He died in the midst
of domestic trouble and out of the for
tune he had in 1872 there was hardly
anything left. His property in Wilkes
barre was all run down, and was scat
tered at public sale. In 1874 Henry
Frank failed in business and died of a
malignant disease, with scarcely enough
money to bury him decently. L. E.
Bevans, one of the leading merchants of
Port Jervis in 1872, soon afterward be-
came bankrupt. He was never the
same man he was before, and the other
day he blew his brains out In Port Jer-
Wis
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and saw the Snake slowly moving away.
"What is your hurry" he cried.
"Stop and take dinner with me. Ihave
now caught twelve fish, and, as I had
eaten some before you came, six will be
all / shall want. You can have the other
six, and we can take q pleasant meal
together"
"I am very much obliged to you,"
said the Snake, still moving away; "but
I do not believe that anything could in
duce me to eat fish at present. have
no appetite for such food" And he
glided into the bushes and was lost to
sight.
"He need not be so dainty" said the
Secretary Bird to himself; "for fish is
very good food, indeed; but, since he
will not accept my invitation, I shall
have all the more dinner for myself
But where are the fish ?"
The Secretary Bird looked anxiously
about, on the shore and in the grass, but
he could find no sign of the fish he had
caught At length he came to little
pile of twelve fish-tails lying behind q
bush. The Snake did not like fish-tails,
and had bitten these off before eating the
fish. Instantly the truth flashed through
the mind OF the Secretary Bird.
"That wretched Serpent I" he ex-
claimed. "He has, indeed, taken good
care that my fish shall not escape into
the water. He has eaten them, one by
one, as fast as L threw them on shore. I
never heard of such an infamous trick.
But will find him, no matter where he
has hidden himself" So saying, the
angry Bird rushed away In pursuit OF
the crafty acquaintance who had taken
care of his fish.
Soon he saw a movement among the
tall reeds.
"There he is |" he shouted, and he
dashed toward the place.
In moment he had bounced among
the reeds and attacked the Snake with
g 1T fury.
You Infamous creature !" he cried.
81 will teach you how TO deceive a bird
o. my standing" And in spite of the
Snakes efforts to get away he stamped
upon him and pecked him until he had
killed him.
"You have cheated me of my dinner"
sad the angry Bird, "and it would
serve you right if were to make din
ner of you"
d. say llly-lllS dPpCbitC WhCbUu
the mornings work-he began to eat the
Snake, and did not stop until he had
entirely devoured him.
"Upon the whole" said the Secretary
Bird, when he had finished, 81 prefer
snakes to fish, and / think that or he
future / shall make my meals upon these
deceitful creatures, who go about play
ing tricks upon honest folk"
After that, this bird gave up eating
fish, and fed entirely upon snakes. He
did not trouble himself to catch the lit
tie ones, because il took too many of
them to satisfy his hunger, but ha pre-
ferred the large ones, as one OF them
was enough for meal. His wife and
children soon learned that snakes were
easy to catch and good to eat, and they
also gave up eating fish.
This Secretary Bird was very intlu-
entail member of his tribe, and the new
diet soon became quite fashionable and
the descendants of the Secretary Birds
OF that day have since lived entirely upon
large snakes.
1t may be noticed, also, that the SER
penis of that part of the country, re-
membering, perhaps, this old story, have
a great distaste for fish.-PdW Fort, IN
81. Nicholas.
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FIVE women, graduates in good stand
ing of several reputable medical col
leges, applied recently to be admitted to
membership in the Philadelphia County
Medical Society, and were black balled.
At meeting of the society some time
ago it was declared that women were
eligible for membership "under the
same rules and restrictions now govern
ing the admission of men," and under
this decision, their standing being
vouched for by the Board of Censors,
these five ladies made their application
for admission. The fact that the appli-
cants were not admitted is simply an ex-
preston of the intention of the society
not to admit women, no matter what
their requirements or standing may
be. cit does not" said a prominent
member of the society, "reflect in any
way upon the professional standing of
the ladies, but shows that the society
has not yet been persuaded that it would
be agreeable or wise to admit any women
to membership" The ladies are not, of
course, delighted at their rejection, but
they say that they do not propose to cry
about it, and think that they can strug-
gle along even if they never become
members of the society.
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THE Salt Lake Tribune tells how Os-
car Wilde was paralyzed by train boy:
Coming from Reno to Ogden, Oscar was
lounging back in his seat, dreaming of
the asphodel, etc.. when the train boy
woke him up by punching him in the
side and shouting: "Hoscar Wilde's
poems for 10 cents y The poet started
up to a sitting position, with "Great
Gurod Is it possible that my poems
have reached such beastly figures as
tbat?" "Three for two bits, continued
the boy. He offered the poet some
copies of the Seaside Library edition in
paper covers. Wilde grabbed the book
and fixed his big eyes on the boy. "Do
YOU know, my dear sir, that you are
lending your countenance to hellish in
frinoement on the right of an English
antbor?" els that SOP" replied the boy
slowly "Do you s'pose the Teller that
RI the book cares - Why, he won't
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-19

Two YOUNG men in New Haven, the
other night, amused themselves by pre-
tending that rope was stretched across
the pavement, the ends of which were
in their hands. On the approach of any
one they would move their hands so as
to give the impression of lifting the rope,
and at the same time shouting: "Look
out there; step high !" Men would hop
over it in a lively way, and ladies, gath
ering up their skirts, made immense di-
version for the young fellows and the
crowd they gathered about them. But
a night in the police station and fine
next day took away good deal of the
fun.
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THE insurance authorities, through

THE insurance authorities, through
their experts, have been making an ex-
animation of the significance of the
thirteen at-dinner superstition, and have
come to the conclusion that the supposed
fatality cannot be accounted for by the
law of average. That is, in accordance
with the mortality experience of insur-
ance companies, the thirteen diners
would have to have al average age of
more than 70 years in order to make
such fatal conclusion probable. If the
average age of the guests was 40 years,
there would have to be about 100 of
them present in order to make a death
within year II probable event. The in
tent of this calculation is to show that
the superstition does not have its rise in
any doctrine of chances. 1t premises
conclusions which i'll the ordinary course
OF nature are not likely to happen.
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are against it, and therefore it is not out
OF any ill-will that a number of branches
of business, including the only general
store. and two-thirds of its population,
are leaving it, AZ only while it Was the
temporary county seat had they any
reason for staying
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-19

Says the Lansing Republican: The
annual superintendent of the pri-
mary school interest fund for 1882 was
made May by the Superintendent Of
Public instruction, V. B. Cochran, at
the rate of 81. "a per capita of the school
census in districts entitled to share in
such apportionment. The whole num-
Der of children in the State between the
ages of 8 and 20 years is 5l8, 294, but
the apportionment is made on 514, 874,
the difference of 8, 400 being children re-
siding in districts that have not COM
piled with the law as regards maintain
ing school.
The following table will show the
amount apportioned to each county:
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QUE YOUNG FOLKS.
what He would Give Up.

when mamma said, "Now, children dear,
You know that IL IL Lent,
Some blessing you should sacrifice,
Which Heaven 10 you has sent"-
Our ten-year-old made haste 10 say,
'You promised me dress,
And say III give that up,
Twill be enough, guess"
swell, I love sugar In my tea,
Three humps and sometimes four,
III agree To go without,
You could not ask for more,"
Said number two, with thoughtful face
And wisely nodding head,
While number three was thinking fast,
Our roguish little Fred.
~ want to DIV up somehn big.
Cause amt very dood,
But, when my hngs was div to me,
touldn't II wou d."
And while his bright eyes shone like stars,
with manners calm and oool,
He said, ~ fink DIT viii Try
And div up dom % school,"
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The Trne Aurtherner.
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1882.

i CARDINAL MoCLosKEY's new residence
in New York is almost finished. The
most interesting feature about the house
will be the Cardinals library, which ex-
tends through two stories, the upper
ones, giving its ceiling an unusual
height. The large windows at either
end are of stained glass, and the ceiling
is covered with fine tracery work. Its
dimensions are eighteen feet by sixty
four. The cost, exclusive of ground,
is $1,000
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SUSIE GREEN might have had her pick
from among the young men of Licking
ton, KY, for she was handsome and
rich; but she preferred gambler of the
fashiest kind. He was known to her for
q month as a stock-broker, and at the
end OF that brief courtship she married
him. They stopped at Louisville hotel
on their bridal tonr. He brought her Il
lemonade in her room, and she found it
bitter. He had gut an opiate in it.
When she was unconscious he stole her
purse and 50, 500 worth of diamonds and
deserted her.
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SARA BERNHARDT's husband, Damala,
is commercial traveller and terrible
firt. She was madly in love with him,
and he tormented her by flirting in the
wings with another actress, Mile. Lima
Munte. When Sara saw it she
would stop and faint. This was the
cause of the numerous fainting fits she
has been reported as undergoing on the
Italian stage. When the manager found
out the trouble he put a stop to the an
nOTnnce
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WHEN Munkacsy, the great Hungarian

WHEN Munkacsy, the great Hungarian
artist, was recently being entertained by
his enthusiastic countrymen, the Able
Liszt asked him whether he played on
any instrument, and the artist began to
whistle, whereupon he was mounted on
a chair while he whistled Hungarian
national air. Men applauded, women
wept, and List affectionately wrapped
him in his arms
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Health i'm Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health.
Lansing, by sixty-one observers of dis
eases in different parts of the State, show
causes of sickness during the week end
ing May 6, 1882, as follows
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HUMILITY is to make right estimate VI
ones self. II il no humility for min 10
think lsD Of himself than he ought
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a Inc .uding SlO7 O6, deficiency for 1881.
b Including $4 80, deficiency for 1881.
C Including S1l44s, deficiency for 1881.
d Including SCI. 800 deficiency for 1881.
g Including $500, deficiency for 1881.
+ Including $42.77, deficiency for 1890.
o Including $45.5S, deficiency for 1881.
h Including Sli8.0s, deficiency for 1881, and ex-
,usive of $25.44 overpaid in 1881.