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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
How to Treat a Wife.

First, get wife; secondly, be patient.
You may have great trials and perplexi-
ties in your business with the world;
but do not therefore carry to your home
o cloudy or contracted brow. Your wife
may have many trials, which. though of
less magnitude, may be hard to bear.
A kind, conciliatory word, tender look,
will do wonders in chasing from her
brow all clouds of gloom. You en-
counter your difficulties in open air,
famed by heavens cool breezes; but
your \sife is often shut in from these re-
viving influences; and her health fails
her spirits lose their elasticity. But
oh, bear with her. She has trials and
sorrows to which you are stranger, but
which your tenderness can deprive of all
their anguish. Notice kindly her efforts
to promote your comfort. Do not re-
ceive all her good offices as a matter of
course, and pass them by, at the same
time being very sure to observe any
omission of what you may consider duty
to you. Do not treat her with indiffer-
ence II you would not scar and palsy her
heart, which, watered by kindness,
would to the last day of your existence
throb with constant and sincere affec-
ton for you. Sometimes yield your
wishes to hers. Her preferences may be
as strong as yours. Regard it as an in
diligence to yourself to yield sometimes.
Think you it is not as difficult for her to
give up always? Is there not danger
she will deem you selfish? With such an
opinion she cannot love as she might.
Again, show yourself manly man, that
your wife may look up to you, and feel
that you will act nobly, and can confide
in your judgment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
Water for Babies.

1 was one day called upon to visit a
sick little one In very intelligent
family residing near my Office. The
babe l found in apparently good Health.
but crying and struggling in its mothers
arms as though suffering excruciating
pains.
The mother told me that the child
seemed DESTROYS of nursing continually,
and that, to quiet it, she had given it the
breast as soon as the crying commenced.
When tins did not sooth the little one, a
dose of Mother Somebody's cordial had
been administered.
"My good woman, 1 inquired. "when
did you last give your babe a drink of
water?"
81 don't remember, replied the lady,
ST seldom let him drink water. Does
he need it?"
"Need it? Why should he not need
it as much as youP This child is suffer
ing from thirst-nothing more"
called for cold water, gave the in
FAINT few teaspoonfuls, and it was re-
ieved of all its troubles, stopped crying
and sank peacefully to sleep in Its moth
er's arms.
Let this be reminder to mothers and
nurses. Infants who nurse at the breast
may often suffer as much from want of
water as adults who eat more solid food.
Often when child cries it is only thirst
which causes il.
Do not then, dose it with poisonous
Soothing syrups" or nursing cordial, or
press it to the breast, which it will eager
ly grasp, expecting to satiate its burning
thirst; but, filled to the brim with its
natural food, it cries on harder than
ever.
Use little discretion. The poor little
one cannot tell its wants, but il it could
it would often cry. "Waterl waterl"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
Sun Dogs.

A parhelion is an attendant image,
more or less distinct, of the suns disk,
which may appear with any halo at one,
two, or more points near the sun, but
which is more frequently formed in tho
course of the horizonal or vertical white
bands, or in both, at or slightly without
the intersection Of these with the ordi-
nary halos. They seldom app ear ut
once at more than three or four f tn
intersection, and sometimes present "a
sort of tail in the direction opposite : "
luminary. They are popularity Lnoaa
% sun dogs or mock suns.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

DIR. WILLIAM PERRY, of Exeter, n.
H., who is now "a years of age, is, with
one exception, the Oldest graduate in
years of Harvard College. He vas born
in Norton, Mass, but has resided in
Exeter since 1914. He is gentleman of
high professional standing and of schol-
arly abilities. To a gentleman who
called upon him the other day he said :
Ct am perfectly well physically, except
ing little lameness, have good APP
petite, sleep well, and am always glad
to have my friends call and see me"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
THE smallest baby in the world was

THE smallest baby in the world was
recently born in mining camp at Can
delaria, New. The father is miner and
weighs 100 pounds. The mother is a
stout, healthy woman, weighing per-
haps 100 pounds. Tile child is a male,
IS perfectly shaped as any human being
can be, but upon its birth it only
weighed eight ounces. It's face is about
the size of horse chestnut, and a ring
worn on the little finger of its mother
was easily slipped over its foot nearly
up to the knee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

A MEXICAN whose popularity among
his neighbors in Texas, where he has
been sojourning, had been seriously i'm
paired by his indulgence in the I'M
social pastime of horse-stealing, was
recently hanged by the neck from con-
venient tree. But his neighbors forgot
to tie his hands behind his back, and
when they were out of sight he reached
up and grasped the rope, thus relieving
the strain upon his neck. Not being
able to release himself, he remained in
this uncomfortable, though improved.
situation all night, and the next day was
cut down by a merciful Samaritan who
happened to be passing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

A PRETTY Woonsocket girl of Is, who
wouldn't have her name mentioned for
anything" has cut and sold her lux
uriant brown hair to lady In Provi-
dence for 5000 to procure comforts for
her sick mother.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
The Coming Reunion at Detroit.

A letter from Detroit says: "Exten-
sive preparations are in state of great
forwardness here for the annual reunion
of the Army of the Potomac. which
takes place in this city June a and 10.
Gen. Grant has written announcing his
intention to be present with Mrs. Grant.
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan has made similar
response to the invitation sent to him.
Ex-President Hayes expresses strong
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

SEVEN doctors charged Col. Belts, of
Washington, $50 each to tell him that
he couldn't live week. In four weeks
he was able to go back to business. He
thinks it was worth the money to have a
chance to prove what fools and liars
those doctors were.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

THE Channel-tunnel scheme has been
temporarily abandoned, although the
d;ocino had commenced. The state
ment was recently made in the British
Parliament by Mr.. Chamberlain, the
President of the Board of Trade, that
the Government hsd decided to forbid
anv further excavations until Parliament
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

"SHILLYMAHoYNE" is a contribution
made to the English language by Gin
cinnati lawyer. 1t is synonymous with
"shenanigan."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
Health i'm Michigan.

Reports to the State Board of Health.
Lansing, by sixty three observers OF dis
eases in different parts of the State, show
causes of sickness during the week end.
ing May ID, 1882, as follows
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

ONE of the most remarkable instances
of dishonest freight determinations is
afforded by the Pacific railroads rates
for the transportation of wool. The low
est rate for bringing California wool
from San Francisco to Boston is % cents
per pound, and yet the same railroads
contract to bring woods from Australia
to Boston via San Francisco for cents
pound. That is to say, their rate for
transporting domestic wool over the
5000 miles of road from San Francisco
to Boston is % cents; but they will bring
foreign wool 1890 miles 10y sea, and
then carry it over the same 5000 miles
of railroad, all for cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

| Number diid ~
| Cent. Of ObserV-
ers by Whom
| Each Disease Was
Reported.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

IBERIA, plundering granaries and destroy
ing crops wherever they go.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

A DOG weighing six pounds has moro
strength in its jaws than man weighing
200, and yet men tackle hotel beef while
a dog has nothing to do but lick bones
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

A MATCHMAKER of Middleb ury, vt.
has applied his ingenuity in a rather
unnecessary and disagreeable manner to
the construction of clock which acts
out the assassination of President Gar
field. The machine is thus described :
1t is a cuckoo clock, with an attachment
representing railroad station in minia-
ture. At one window is ticket-agent
dealing out tickets, while at another a
acknowledgements is seen busy at his
work, and truckmen, porters, train dis
patchers, etc., are all flying around as
natural as life. All of these figures are
of wood, about two inches long. At the
end of each hour the cuckoo announces
the fact, and Immediately a figure of
President Garfield appears on the plat
form ON which the scene is enacted, ac-
companied by an effigy of Mr.. Blaine
Guiteau is seen to follow him. having
just alighted from a truck wagon, and
as he fires at the President the latter
falls. Just then train of cars comes
dashing in, and in the confusion all the
principal actors are carried into the
depot out of sight. After the train-dis-
patcher has given the signal and the
train has gone small door at the left
opens and a priest appears, book in
hand, in the act of reading funeral SER
vice. while at the same time another
door at the right opens and Guiteau APP
pears on the gallows. The priest retires,
the gallows disappears with Guiteau and
the doors close. This performance takes
about three minutes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

A CASE is related OF delirium tremens
OF peculiar character caused by the ex-
cessire use of tobacco.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

GEN. GORDON, of Georgia, was one Of
Gen. Lees most trusted offit ers, and to
him, 1t is said, was due Lees final de-
cision at Appomattox. Grant had de-
manded Lees surrender and Lee had
refused; another day had passed Lee
sent word to Gordon to know whether
anything more could be done; with a
handful of men Gordon confronted an
impenetrable barrier of steel. cts
hopeless" was Gordon's reply. When
Lee heard of dordon's opinion he
dropped his head and said, "Then we
have done all that can be DONE" and
consented to surrender.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
What Makes You Pale.

Probably lack of fresh air and exer-
else out of doors. Housework is exer-
else, of course, but it has not the invig-
Grating quality that brisk walk in the
open air has. L wish, dear Daisy, you
would be persuaded to try for month
the effect of a regular walk every day;
in the morning, which is the vital, exhil-
rating, delightful part of the day.
But walking without an object is very
stupid, you urge. That is true enough.
Have an object. Do the marketing.
Undertake some of the family errands.
Go to see the poor and the sick, and
people who are in trouble or weighed
with some infrmity. Garry the papers,
that you have read, to Aunt Brown,
who never sees a paper unless some one
lends it to her. Ask 10 be included in
the visiting committee of the Sunday
school, and look after absentees. That
will give you an object.
Still, all the outdoor exercise you can
take will not make you bright and
blooming, if you TO not eat the right
sort of food. Tea and toast, coffee and
warm biscuit, rich cake and pastry
above all, Daisy, the constant nibbling
Oh sweets nnu canuleS, Will keep you
pallid. You must eat wholesome por-
ridge, made of nutritious cereals; you
must eat rare roast beef and steak and
mutton chops, and plenty of fruit. And
if you go to bed early, battle in cold
water once day; keep your mind busy,
and your heart at rest, by leaving life
and its orderings submissively with
God, you will have what every woman
needs if she would be useful and happy
good health and good looks.
A friend says. "Do tell the girls TO
rest and not to wear themselves out by
too much pleasuring, too much study
ing, or, indeed, too much of anything"
And that is good advice, too. But the
mothers need it quite as urgently as the
daughters; possibly great deal more.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
VERY few people know that the little
absurd nursery rhyme, beginning
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl

IHtrt u
Who had little curl
That hung right down on her forehead
And when she good
She was very, very good,
And when she bad she horrid-
was written by Longfellow. Blanche
Roosevelt, in her charming little volume,
just published by Carleton, entitled
"Longfellow's Home Life" relates the
incident of the great poets confession
that mis- pen wrote the lines years ago
when his daughter Edith was such a
child as the verses described. This dis
closure Will give the lines new interest.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

THE death of the Rev. DR.. Summers,
at Nashville, recalls the fact that\he was
pastor of the Tulip Street Methodist
Church during the earlier years of the
war, and preached some very vehement
sermons against the Northern van
dals." The news of the fall of Fort
Donelson reached Nashville Sunday
forenoon while the reverend gentleman
was discorusing one of his characteristic
sermons. He advised his congregation
to stand firm in their loyalty to their
homes, aud when the " Yankee invad-
ers came 10 desecrate their fair soil, to
take up their pixies and go forth to fight
like Spartans of old" While he was
preaching there came man into the
church, and word was passed up to the
pulpit. DIR. Summers, much excited,
closed his book, shouting, Flee, the
fort has surrendered" And the good
doctor went out and took his "pike, I"
the first he came to, the Gallatin pike,
and was afterward heard of in Rich
mond. He was profound scholar and
an able preacher, and, at the time of his
death, was being much talked OF for a
Bishopric.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

arrived at some decision whether the
tunnel was to be made or not. mas
much as public opinion has thus far been
strongly against the scheme. and the
majority in Parliament are unfavorable,
and no one seems to be favorable except
some eager capitalists and spectators,
the proposed union of England and
France will probably never get any
closer than it is now, SO far as tunnels
are concerned. England, with its neigh
boring states, will remain an island, and
the great battle which was to have taken
place in the submarine darkness of the
tunnel will never come off.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26

On the second of the three days which
the commission spent in exploring the
country, they encountered in their open
wagons "A pitiless northeast storm,
against which few umbrellas and an
occasional rubber overcoat were the sole
defense. A twenty-mile ride in the face
of this storm, which beat in, under, aud
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-05-26
ENTERING THE DISTRICT.

A comfortable parlor car was hospita-
bly, placed at the disposal of the Gov
ernor and the commission by the Port
Huron and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany, in which they arrived at Minden
on Tuesday afternoon. Back of Minden
some of the worst devastation occurred.
The farms were under excellent cultiva.
ton, many of the buildings excellent,
the orchards we'll advanced, many of the
barns filled with crops, while fall work
had just begun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

tique lace, or of knotted fringe, but the
newest shades are cream or ecru linen, or
even the darker gray linen, with slight
embroidery in design representing open
worked wheels, stars, or flowers done in
a darker shade. There are also some ar-
tistic embroideries in colors done by hand,
SO that the flower and its fine coloring are
alike on both sides of the shade. The
rcd holland shades trimmed with Vene-
tian lace used during the winter to give a
warm rosy glow inside the room are re-
moved ut this season, and in their stead
dark green shades are used to give cool
darkness, and protect the rich furniture
and carpets from too much sunlight. Cor
nices and lambrequins are abandoned.
Poles of wood or Of gilt with rings to
which the curtains are attached are used
for curtains of all kinds, whether thick
or thin, muslin or lace, cotton or damask.
The rings are sewcd directly to the hem
at the top of the curtain, or else they are
attached by little clamps that have been
made for this purpose. In the place of
lambrequins there are sometimes valances,
or the Queen Anne cap, made of a straight
width of plush, felt or other stuff, simply
edged with gimp or fringe, placed smooth
ly across the top OF the window, and from
beneath this fall the muslin or lace cur
tains.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04
The Preparation of Ferns.

July and August is the most favorable
time for gathering ferns, us they are then
at their best. Expressing, the indispensa
BILE requisites to good result area srtt-
cient quantity ofpaper, perfectly even
pressure and an even degree of weight.
The paper should be of a soft, pOrous
nature and unglazed. Blotting paper il
considered best. but newspaper will do
very well. Books are most convenient if
they can be found Of sufficient size and
unglazed. Ii paper is used fold it to the
desired size and becareful to make the edges
perfectly even Place the first paper up
on level surface, then layer OF ferns
face down, then about u sheets of paper
AMI so contiue until the package is complet.
ed. Cover with smooth bit of board of
the same size and place heavy weight-up-
on it rocking it in every direction until the
ferns are perfectly smooth. Remove the
heavy weight and substitute one of per-
haps ten or twelve pounds BE sure that
the pressure is exactly equal, for ii the
package tilts in the least the fern will
he spoiled. If the weight is too heavy or
to little paper is used they will turn,brown;
if the weight is not heavy enough they
will be rough, and if there is any inequan-
ity they will be smooth in some places
and rough in others. Three or four weeks
will be required for the drying unless they
are changed to fresh papers. If this is
done they must moi be exposed to the air
n moment or they will curl past recovery.
If perfectly dry they will remain smooth.
The only fault of ferns is their tendency
tocurlfrom changes OF atmosphere. This
may be remedied, i'll great me assure at
least, by waxing after they are dried,
This is process of some difficulty Lay
the fern face down upon paper, rub hit
of yellow beeswax over the face of n fiat
iron Just warm enough to melt it, pass
this very quickly over the fern. OF course
the wax must be made to cover it. If the
iron is too hot, or if the movement is not
rapid the fern will adhere to
the iron. Methods of arrangement are so
and familiar that it is hardly
needful to mention them. handful in
a fern glass is always desirable and for
those who lack pictures something very
pretty may be made in that shape from
ferns and autumn leaves From Outing.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

eyes. She was regular Paristrn grisette,
and quite uneducated." Gone of Matlde's
best qualities" said Heine laughingly
to Sewald, "is that she does not know one
atom of German literature and has not
read a single word of my writing. "Peo-
pie say that Heine is n very clever man, y
she would say, "but know nothing.about
it, I suppose l must trust to their word. u
And curiously enough, this simple, I'm.
sophisticated Ndt,rkind became great
source Of happiness in his life.
On leaving Hamburg friend OF Heine's
gave him large sausage, begging him to
take it to Paris rs an Offering to homoe-
opathic doctor, friend of his. In the
railway carriage Heine tasted bit of it,
and liked it so much that, before he reach
ed Paris there was only morsel left.
This he enclosed in IN envelope and des-
patched it with the following letter; "Dear
Doctor: According to the precepts of
homeopathy, the thousandth part is more
efllcacious than the whole; l send you,
therefore, that portion Of the enclosed
sausage in the hope that the pleasure you
derive from it will be a thousand times
greater than if yon had received it all.
One of Heine's friends, anxious for his
NohNNioiohy tohcu hia
death if he were at peace with God. "Set
bon Dieu me pardonnera, c'esteSn meter. y
Supreme Being ?" the same person ask
ed on another occasion. "If Supreme
Being perfectly omnipotent and all-see-
whether wretched little mouse, living in
tI,, II A L.. Ill. d.
not?' "What good does it do me" he la
ments, I" that at banquets my health is
drunk out of golden goblets, and in the
best Of wine, if myself, separated from
all the Joys of the world, can only wet my
lips with with mn insipid tisane What
good doesit do me that enthusiastic youths
and damsels crown my marble bust with
laurels. when on my real head blister is
being clapped behind myiears by an old sick
nurse? What listsi to me il all the roses
of Shiraz glow and smell for me 80 sweet
ly? Alas. Shiraz is 1000 miles from the
Rue Amsterdam, where I get nothing to
smell, in the melancholy solitude of my
sickroom but the perfume of warm nap
kins." ut is time" he sighs, ''to bury
the old, unhappy ditties, and all the sad
dreams, so fetch me coffin vast 1t
must be vaster than Heidelberg s vat, and
longer than the bridge over the Main.
And then fetch dozen giants they must
be stronger than st. Christopher, in the
Cathedral, of Cologne on the Rhine
They must take up that coffin and sink it
deep in the ocean wave. for such n
mighty coffin must be laid in n mighty
grave. Would you know why my coifiu
must be SO vast and stout and wide ?
shall lay all my sorrows and love and an
guish here, side by side. "-Contempo-
rarU ItcricW.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

man says Prof. Stewart says muck may
be composed thus Forty bushels or
one wagon load of dry muck, five bush
els of unleached ashes, 100 pounds of
bone flour, 100 pounds Of plaster can be
thrown into heap three months before
using, and fermentation will take place.
AS fertilizer" he says, "this is worth
double that COW manure. 1t may also be
composted Ms above, leaving ont the bone
flour and substituting five bushels of nm
Stacked lime. The lime and ashes decom-
pose the vegetable matter, hberate the
salts and expel the acids. fitting it for
plant food. One pint or more in hill
gives vigorous start to corn or potatoes.
A few bushels of hen manure added in
crease its ynlne''