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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31
FAM r..
nj PARMEsAs MIX.

"I don't want to discourage you, but lately Two
been filed
With certain strong misgvings, son, that somehow
There's something tells me plain words that you,
with all your wit
Have erred in marking out your course and you'n
repent OF 1t.
"The time viii when you will sigh had but
only known
What do now the good old farm, with all Its hills
and stone,
Would not have driven me away to find, when hope
That Fame does not bestow her wreath on any sort
OF head
elm talking plainly, that know, but, Reuben,
That flames a far-of target that million marks
men mise,
Then, some hne day shot is heard that rings
And Genius pops the bulis-eye, square, with steady
eye and hand.
"You may turn out genius, Rube.; I rally hope
you will
You know Fames temple crowns the top of an snor-
nous hill,
And of thousands bound that way, with resOlu-
ton stiff,
Have found their way completely blocked by q stu
pendous H.
"This If is very.hard TO climb-it seems to touch
Montgoifer went over in his primeval balloon
But all along the way this side you'll hear the dreary
means
or the rising Smith and Jenkins, and the gifted
Brown and Jones.
Snow, Reuben, when you reach that II you'll
show good Judgment, son,
BY striking cross lots for the farm and homefolks on
run;
Stay there and toll have done, and you may get
to be
deacon in the church, perhaps, or, may be, .
school trustee.
"AIl that be blowedr Well, go your way, you'll
have my earnest prayers;
Wen always keep in order son, your coy bed up
stairs,
For you may yet return, convinced that wreaths Of
Fame rare,
And that your old straw hat best suits the color OF
your hair"
Detroit Free Press
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31
The Case of Cadet Whitaker.
WASHINGTON. March 9

WAshlNtTON, Mhrcn IL
At "a Cabinet meeting yesterday the case of
Cadet Whitaker was disposed OF by disap-
proving The sentence OF dismissal from the
service imposed by the court, on the ground
that technical evidence taken at the trial was
improperly introduced. The record of the
court-martial case OF Cadet Whitaker will
be made public tomorrow through special
orders of the Secretary OF War. These orders
will set aside the verd ct and sentence OF tho
court-martial, on account of certain irregu-
larities and informalitles in taking evidence,
and will release Whitaker from arrest. At the
same time they will dismiss him from the Mill.
tary Academy under the provision of section
1925 of the Revised Statutes relating To the
dlscharse of cadets il found deficient in
studies. The action of the President in the
case is based upon an opinion 10y Attorney
General Brewster, to whom the Secretary OF
War referred the report of the Judge Advocate
General that improper evidence had been ad-
mitted in the Whitaker trial.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31
DEATH OF LONGFELLOW.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the distin-
guished poet and litterateur, died at his resi-
dence in Cambridge, Mass, after long illness,
on Friday, March "a. He had just passed his
18th birthday, having first seen the light Of
day ON the 9th Of February, 1807-Portlaud,
Me-, enjoying the honor Of being his birth
place. We print herewith brief biography Of
this much-lamented man Of letters
Young Henrys early education received the
utmost care from his parents and at the age Of
IA years no entered Bowdoin College. in his
native State, from which he was graduated in
1926. After leaving college he entered his
fathers law office, but the law was so uncon-
genial to bis tastes that after few months of
study he abandoned Blackstone aud Kent, and
comm enced the study of literature. Having
been rendered the proiessorship OF modern
languages ut Bowdoin he went abroad to
qualify himself for the duties OF the
chair, and spent three and half years III
Europe. He returned to the United States III
1929, and at once assumed the duties OF his
professorship. He remained at Bowdoin until
1885, when he accepted the professorship OF
modern languages and bellies lettres at Harvard
Again he went abroad, and after year he
entered upon his duties at Harvard, IN 1886.
This position he held until 1854, when he re-
signed and devoted himself exclusively to ms
own writing and the publication of his works.
He began his literary work while a student
Mt Bowdon. many Of his early poems
being published in the United States
Gazette, and while professor he contributed
many able criticisms to the North american Re
uie,c. His first collection of poems was pub
hshed in 1889. Ballads and Other Poems F"
appeared in 1872 and Poems on Slavery
and the "Spanish Student" the year follow
ing. The poem that brought him the most
fame, "Evangelne," appeared in 1S47, AM
"Kavanagh in 1S49. ''Hiawatha" was pub
lished in 1855 "Mes Standish" IN 1858,
changing of the Crane" in 1874, and "Kera-
mos " IN 1878. No American poet has been SO
greatly admired in Europe as Mr.. Long
fellow, and his works have been trans-
lated into most of the continental lam
guages. He visited Europe in l842,
again in 1868, and again the next year. The
honorary degree of Ii. ID. was conferred upon
him by Cambridge University in 1868, and that
of d. G. L. by the University OF Oxford in 1869.
In 1873 he was elected member Of the Rus
sian Academy of Sciences, and in 1877 mem.
Ler of the Spanish Academy. On the 9th OF
last month the 10Th anniversary Of his birth
was widely celebrated by the various literary
institutions of the United States, but his health
has latterly been so broken as to render it i'm
possible for him to attend TO his own cores
uOndence.
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Showers of Fishes I'm Rain.

During the rains OF 1864 was resid-
ing at Arrah, In n large house with flat
roof, and during heavy shower the cry
was raised by my servants that fish were
falling from heaven. / rushed out and
found the compound Courtyard strewn
with small dead fish, from two to three
inches in length while from the roof
two or three bucketsful were procured.
Whence came the fish :? Undoubtedly
from the sky; but how they got there, 1
am not prepared to state, unless they
may have been carried into the air from
the native element by waterspout.
Arrah is situated in the corner where the
Some enters the Ganges, and is about
seven miles from either river--the only
possible sources of the fishes.
The second fan occurred four years
after, at Parma, which is about one to two
miles from the Ganges, and also during
the rains. On starting on my rounds
one morning, / drove over bridge,
crossing then dry watercourse. Dur
ing my absence heavy rain fell, and on
my returning home found the water
course fun and crowd of natives shov-
cling out quantities of the same small
fish, all dead.
Another curious fact relating to fishes.
On one occasion, while stationed ut
Arrah, / came across specimen of the
climbing perch (Anabas scandens) strug-
Cling along the road at least half a mile
from the Some, to which 1 had it trans
ferred, alive aud vigorous. 1t may have
embarked on that strange journey to
spawn, leaving its eggs in a roadside
ditch; but then difficulty arises in its
being alone. -Chambers Journal.
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"Do as bid Won. FAN ,odmother

"Do as bid you. Fail ,odmother
must be obeyed. Now take che rosettes
still remaining in the box, and fasten
one over each shoe to hide the damage
done"
And, with the beautiful rosettes of
satin and lace, with "V" encircled in
seed-pearl in the center of each, hiding
the gaps the scissors had made, the
toilet was complete.
And so Viola went to the ball, not in n
fine carriage drawn by prancing steeds,
but in her fathers covered wagon, be-
appeared In the brilliantly lighted room
1t was rather late, for the old horse
travelled slowly-the creamy-white satin
dress clinging to her slight, graceful
figure, her pearls clustering around her
smooth throat. her golden hair wound
about the tortoise-shell comb, her dim
pied arms and shoulders just showing
through the ancient lace, her innocent
blue eyes looking shyly over the quaint
tan, and her feet clad in the pointed
shoes, half hidden by the gay rosettes-
the gay crowd felt, some of them (the
fair maidens these), with bitter envy, that
an unknown Princess of beauty was
among them.
And the Prince of the reigning house
quickly followed his sister to welcome
her, leaving Night with diamond stars
to sparkle for some more faithful wor-
shipper. And again and again he and the
unknown Princess danced together until
nearly daybreak, when, servant sum-
moning her hastily-for the farmer ia
ther was tired of waiting-she flew to the
dressing-room, and, one of the rosettes
bursting from its fastening on the way,
away went the shoeit had helped to hold
In its place, down, down through the
well OF the winding staircase, to regions
far below.
And Viola, having the enchantment of
the night still strong upon her, never
missed 1t, but, hastily drawing on her
stout boots, ran to the old wagon,
jumped in and drove away in the dim
first light of morning from the Prince
and fairy land. But when she awoke
from the deep sleep into which she sank
as soon as she reached her home-the
sun was then on its westward way-she
discovered her loss, and, while she was
bewalling it, the Prince rang at the
door.
81 have found a slipper, or shoe, or
something OF the kind, 2" he said, taking
1t from the breast pocket of his fur
trimmed coat; ''and as it will not fit either
of my sisters, or nay cousins, or any of
my lady friends who with them bide, L
thought it might fit YOU"
at does not really" said truehful
Viola, with her lovely blush. 81 could
not have worn it had it not been cut
open at the instep-I have not an aristo-
cratic foot-and that is how, the stitches
that held the friendly rosette giving
way, came to lose it"
"That thank fortune might find
it. And now, Viola dearest"
But what need of saying more? You
can all end the story yourselves, / am
sure, even to guessing that madame
lived to be 100 years old, and tt At never
was fairy godmother so loved and
petted as she. --Harpers Weekly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31

From time fmmemoral the horse has been
ali remember the comparatively little attention
paid to this most Indispensable OF animals we
say comparatively little attention, for the morse
was as well groomed, and certainly well fed, as
now !: andat those great neutrality-suspicious.
shows-you would see the pride OF the county
and State stables and farms assembled. Bur
there was conspicuous want OF noble draught
horses. and as for speeders-well, $40 was the
great ultimate limit that owners In those days
desired TO strive for. But now 2:40 animal 10
deserve the name when they can shade the first
quarter of the third minute. There have been I'M
Inense strides forward In the right developmentor
horsehesh in the civilized countries or the world,
IA shown by the time-records Of the racers and
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31
Circulars aud Newspapers Missent.

IL IA the Observatlon OF the clerks IN
the "nixie," or misdirected, department
of the Cincinnati Postoffice, that the
common cause of circulars and news
papers being missent, or turned. in as
misdirected, is the Civ ng of the wrong
State on the envelope or wrapper. A
clerk is addressing envelopes to- postoffi-
ces in Indiana. Completing that State
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31

draught capacity of the humber, but really moro
useful, work-hOrse. Many things have conspired
70 effect this desirable end, chief among which
have been the intelligent care and consideration
bestowed upon the animal in his every relation
i'm word, upon the breeding. And this has
not failed to include a very serious modification
of the old methods of treatment, doing away in
many cases, with the inhuman and really savage
plans pursued in the eradication of even simple
disorders and ailments, and substituting rational
measures of relief instead. A prominent factor
of this reform, and one Endorsed by owners,
breeders, farmers and stockmcn the country over,
Is ST. JACOBS OIL, recognized by all who have
used IL as an exceptionally good remedy for the
ailments of the horse and stock generally, meet
ing more indications for its and efiecting IA:
better results than any article of curative or
remedial nature ever introduced. Such breeders
and horsemen as Aristides WEIGH, Esq, of Erden-
helm, near Philadelphia; Mike Goodin, Esq,
Belmont Park, Pa; Calvin NJ. Priest, formerly in
charge of Mr.. Robert Bonncr's stock, New York:
ana thousands of others throughout the country,
who could be named, are on the list Of unnuaIE
nen endorsers of the efficacy of ST. JACOBS Oh.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-03-31

No PATENT required TO catch the rheum-
atism. A cold and inattention 10 it, and you
have 1.-THE rheumatism. We cure ours
with ST. Jacobs Oil.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The Best Field
To7
EMIGRANTS.

AN IMMENSE AREA OF RAILROAD
AND GOVERNMENT LANDS, OF GREAT
FERTILITY. WITHIN EASY REACH Oh
PERMANENT MARKET, AT EXTREME
LY Low PRICES, II now offered for sale In
EASTERN OREGON and EASTERN WASH
INGTON TERRITORY.
These lands form part Of the great GRAIN
BELT Of the Pacific slope, and arc withIn
an average distance of Zoo to 300 miIeO
from Portland, where steamships and call.
Ing vessels are directly loaded FOR ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
GRAIN AT PORTLAND. OREGON, COM
DIANDS A PRICE EQUAL TO THAT Oh
Tanned IN CHICAGO.
The early completion of the Northern Pc
etfS X. X. u nOtc assured, and guarantees
60 settlers cheap and qutck tronsportafto0
end good markets both East and WesG TIE
opening Of this ne,1 overland kns to 6hs
Pacific, together rith the construction of TIE
netsO0rk of 700 miles of railroad by the O. u
q N. Co. tss the valleys Of the great Colunsbto
srd its principal tributaries, renders certatn
. rapid increase ia the value Of the LonAU
NOW epeN to purchase assd pre-evppstosA
There - every indication Of an enormous
0sovesnent Of population 70 the ColunsbtA
River region ~ the immediate future.
LANDS SHOW an AVERAGE YIELD 81
90 BUSHELS OF WHEAT PER ACRA
No Failure Of Crops ever known.
RAILROAD LANDS offered aa the unifsrn
Dafa of A2.nO Aor0.
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ONs-THIRD of France is owned in large
estates, one. third in estates of moderate
size, aud only one-third by the peasants.
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there was 8 merry party aboard, and
nearly all the passengers remained up till
midnight. The had one or two gentlemen
aboard who played the piano and they
entertained the passengers with music.
and singing. He was awakened By hav-
inc his state room burst in, and heard
the cry Of "Hre." Selling his clothes he
ran forward and reached the barge just
in time. a. the next minute the vessel
Seated down stream. The body Of an
elderly white woman was found festing
near the wreck, but her identity ID not
vet proven. Stoves circus was en- route
to Cairo, when the spring season was to
be orsned. A portion Of the show is at
Vicksburg. Will Mcintyre, clerk Of
the boat, says the lost cabin passengers,
az yell as he can remember, is correct.
Mrs. L. E. Kountz and three children,
who are lost was the wife of Captain
Kountz. q we'll known steamboat owner.
Those mentioned as being in the hospital
are all iniared By burns, but none Eeri-
ously. The passengers lost all their
clothing. Those that were saved had to
fee for their lives without taking time to
save their effects. The following colored
crew were saved Bob Morris, second
stewart; Jim Miller, Texas, tender;
James Wilson, cabin boy; Henry White
and Bob Wallace, berthmakers; Charles
Guthrie, cabin watchmsn Isasc Dick
son, sinner; Ransom Watkins, outsider;
Jesse Willett, glass tender.
Abel Butler, Of DonaldsVille, La, to-
getber with his wife and child, made
their escape from the burning steamer In
their nightclothee. a. b. Veatch, for
merly river reporter on the Evansville,
Indiana, Tribune, was on board. He
remained long enough to dress himself
before leaving his stateroom. j. h.
Cronk, owner to a side show to the cir
Gus, is supposed to be lost. His room
mate, n. n. Ackerman, says he dragged
him out of bed to the foot of the stairs
through the smoke, and is sstilfed he
never arose from where he left him.
Fright seemed to have pAralyzed him.
j. g. Glenroy, one Of the saved, resides
in Philadelphia. He has FOR two
wears been keeper Of the animals Of
Stoves menagerie. He states that he was
asleep under one Of the animal cages on
the forward part Of the lower deck when
the cry Of FIRE was given. He leaped
forth and looked about, but saw no fire
then he looked again and saw the entire
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fast; then be say the lines give way, and
the steamer swing cut and drift down;
saw q cage containing . lion sink down
in the middle as the flames enveloped it;
heard no cry from q single beast as the
animals burned. Six cages contained q
lion, . tiger, tive leopards, an Albino
deer, monkeys and birds. Four horses
also belonging 70 the circus were aboard;
three were saved; one, the celebrated
trick horse "Selim," was lost.
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-03-22
How to Prune.

ITGt- NTONcIs
We look upon the roots as the
parts that nourish, but the roots are
the mouths through which food is
taken. 1t is more correct to say that
the stomach nourishes rather than
the mouth, and the leaves OF the tree
rather than the roots. BY severely
cutting back heads of trees ] can al
most suspend growth. Thus We often
leave branches that l know must
come off next season, simply to in
duce growth OF the part that is to
remain permanently Some people
seek to urge the growth OF scions in
newly grated trees by removing all
large limbs. They should remember
that they thus remove that which In,
duces growth, and after such severe
slaughter many of the fibrous roots
will be found dead, for if they have
no work to perform they become
feeble and short lived. We must
distinguish the difference between
trees and vines. Ii we wish the
grape TO grow vigorously, we cut it
back closely, tor It's leaves are very
large, and it has the faculty of cov>
ering a trelIls with only few buds.
Thus we cut feeble growing vines
back more closely than strong grow.
ing fol by close cutting we get more
foliage than by leaving canes longa
Therefore in pruning trees the dan
ger lies in cutting too much, and
with vines i'll not cutting away
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-03-22
Preserving Fence Posts.
from an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
A correspondent at Benton Har-
Dor, Michigan, sends us the follow
ing statement by Parker Earle Ia
widely known Eortieulturist), 10 the
Chicago Times, aud requests our
opinion OF his mode of preserving
fence posts. In answer il may be
stated that no single experiment. or
no single series Of experiments under
like circumstances, can be adopted
as a rule for unlike conditions. Our
own observations and experiments
have led uniformly to the opinion
that coal tar applied warm to dry
woody is good preservative for
timber under ground or exposed 10
wet and shade; but does more harm
than good if exposed 10 the action
OF the sun and weather. But vary
ing circumstances may vary the rule.
The character of the soil may have a
controlling influence, and experts
ments should be repeated in differ
ent places and on different kinds of
wood. The experiments of Mr..
Earle are valuable contribution to
such a series OF trials. For general
application, we would recommend
first impregnating the whole OF the
post with crude petroleum as gem
eral preservative, and when dry app
ply hot tar to the portion going into
the ground, but none above. The
petroleum will penetrate the pores,
and the tar coating will hold it there.
The following is Mr. Earle's state.
ment:
In building fence around our
young orchard several years ago, we
tried many plans for preserving the
posts. Having occasion to remove
the fence this winter, We noted the
condition OF the posts as follows ::
Those set with no preparation were
decayed an inch or more in thick
ness; those coatedsMith a thick wash
OF lime were better preserved, but
were quite seriously attacked by
worms; those posts coated with hot
tar were perfectly sound as when
first put in the ground those painted
with petroleum and kerosene were
equally sound and as good as new.
In future we shall treat all posts in
the following manner before setting
Let the posts get thoroughly dry,
and then, with a pan OF cheap kero-
sene and Whitewash brush, give the
lower third Of the post, the rart to
60 into the ground, two OR three
good applications Of the oil, letting
it soak in well each time. Posts so
treated will not be troubled by worms
or insects OF any kind, but will resist
decay to remarkable degree. This
we find to be the simplest, easiest,
cheapest and best method of preser.
walton.