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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
ThOreau.

Thoreau was, probably, the widest
civilized man this country has produced,
adding to the shyness of the hermit and
woodsman the wildness of the poet, and
TO the wildness of the poet the greater
ferity and elusiveness OF the mystic. An
extreme product of civilization and of
modern culture, he was yet as untouched
by the worldly and commercial spirit of
his age and country as any red man that
ever haunted the shores of his native
stream. He put the whole of nature be-
tween himself and his fellows. A man
of the strongest local attachments-not
the least nomadic, seldom wandering be-
yond his native township, yet his spirit
was as restless and as impatient of re-
straint as any nomad or Tartar that ever
lived. He cultivated an extreme wild
ness, not only IN his pursuits and tastes,
but in his hopes and imaginings. He
says To his friend, "Hold fast your most
indefinite waking dream" Emerson says
his life was an attempt TO pluck the
Swiss edelweiss from the all but inaces-
sible cliffs. The higher and the wilder,
the more the fascination for him. In
deed, the loon, the moose, the beaver
were but faint types and symbols of the
wildness he coveted and would have re-
appear III his life and books not the
cosmical, the unlversal-he was not great
enough for that-but simply the wild as
distinguished from the domestic and the
familiar, the remote and the surprising
as contrasted with the hackneyed and
the commonplace, arrow-heads as dis
tinguished from whetstones or jack
knives.
Thoreau was French on one side and
Puritan on the other. 1t was the wild,
untamable French core i'll nina dash
of the gray wolf that stalks through his
ancestral folklore, as in Audubon and
the Canadian UOydgeurS-that made him
turn with such zest and such genius to
aboriginal nature and it was the Puri-
tan element in him-strong, grim, I'M
compromising, almost heartless-tEat
held him TO such high, austere, moral
and ideal ends. His genius was Saxon in
its LONELINESS and sincerity, in its direct
ness and scorn of rhetoric but that wild
revolutionary cry of his and that sort of
restrained ferocity and hirsuteness are
more French. John Burroughs, IN Cent
iIJU 1n0HzjnP
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
Stories of n Cat and a Hen.

Mrs. A. W. Brooks, of East Eliot, Me-. =,
has cat Is years old, for which he has
been vainly offered $50. This learned
pussy will stand up at the word OF COM
mand, bow slowly or quickly as directed,
walk around the room on her hind legs
only, dance, turn somersaults, go
through the motion of holding jews
harp in her mouth with one paw and
playing on it with the other, NEW when
ordered to speak, kiss her paw to visit
ors. hold saucer of milk on her fore
legs and lap the milk, and stand on her
hind feet and with her forepaws catch
bits of bread or meat thrown to her like
baseball player. Her kitten, year
old, will turn somersaults. The same
lady has hen which always wipes her
feet on the mat on entering the house,
and, if asked, How do you get your
living, biddy?" will scratch on the floor,
look to see if she has scratched out any
thing, and then look at the questioner
to see if the answer is correct. This
hen despises the porcelain, wooden and
chalk cheats which some people palm
off on hens for nest-cggs, tumbling
them out of her nest as often as they
are put In.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
The Causes and Cure Of Old Age.

L. LANCER has recently been engaged
in the comparative analysis OF human
fat at different ages. He finds that in
FAINT fat is harder than that of adults or
old men that there are oil globules in
our fat. but none i'll that OF babies. The
microscope shows one or two oil globuies
in every fat cell OF the adult, while very
few have fat crystals. Infant fat forms
all omogeneous, white, solid, taliow-like
mass, and meits at 40 degrees cent?
grade" while adult fat standing in "a
warm room separates into two layers !;
the lighter and larger is a transparent
liquid which solidities below the freez-
ing point of water the lower layer is a
granular crystalline mass, melting at 80
degrees G. Infant fat contains 81. 70
per cent. of oleic acid, adult $3.50. In
FAINT fat contains 2997 per cent. of
palmitic acid, against SIC in the adult,
and 3.2S of stearic acid against 2.04.
These latter, the palmitic and stearic
acids, are the harder and less fusible,
while the oleic acid is the softer and
more fusible constituent of fats.
No attempt rs made to explain the rea-
son of these differences, or TO suggest
any means by which we may reharden
or repalmitize our fat, and thus regain
our infant chubbiness.
Old age is evidently due to changes of
this kind, not only of the fat, but also of
the other materials of the body. The
first step toward the discovery of the
elixir of life, "aurum potable" of the
alchemist, is to determine the nature of
these changes, the next to ascertain
their causes, and then to remove them.
If, as we are so often told, there can be
no effect without cause, there must be
causes for the organic changes constitut-
ing decay and old age. Remove these,
and we will live forever. The theory
is beautifully simple. - GentIemGn'S
M0U0ziue
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
The DandeliOn.

Those who have been pestered to
death by the irrepressible dandelion on
their lawns may now take heart. The
pest will poster them no more. Eastern
markets have begun to utilize them for
greens, so that gardeners will cultivate
them for sale. The plant having thus
become useful, the bugs Will eat it off
above ground, the grubs will saw its
roots in two, the sun will parch it to
death, the rains will drown it out, the
wind will thresh it to strips and boys
will dig it out and steal it. Thus the
dandelion, which has been among the
first of weeds to coax its way into hui
man favor in the spring by throwing out
its golden blossom as sort Of flag of
truce and peace offering combined, will
retire from the field and the lawn. to the
seclusion of the guarded greenhouse.
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Lager Beer In America.

The first lager beer shop in this city
was opened by John Becn:el, III the
basement of the Erening Post building,
in 1910. The beverage proved popular,
and in a couple of years Bechtel began
to brew beer on Staten island. Previous
to his time the little that was used came
in bottles from Germany. To-day it is
estimated that there are two quarts of
lager beer consumed Tor every pint of al
other alcoholic compounds dispensed
over the counter to bibulous Americans.
Fully 10000 persons are engaged in
brewing lager beer, and the business
pays internal taxes amounting to over
ga, 900, 600 per annum. Bechtel died at
a ripe old age, which speaks well of the
beverage he made; that is, if he drank
it himself. York san.
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A Cheek on n Single.

In the early days Of California few
men were better known there than the
late Joseph &. Palmer. He was the
head OF the banking firm OF Palmer,
Cook & Co., which did an immense bus-
mess, and whose popularity did not suf-
fer, to say the least, from the following
incident, which old Californians still like
to recall
One day a depositor called at the bank
TO draw SOS, 900. TO the sudden with
drawal of SO large sum the consent o
Mr.. Palmer was necessary, but he wac
engaged at II lumber yard a mile or 50
away, and thither the depositor hast
ened. Mr.. Palmer at once agreed to let
him have his money, but neither pen,
ink nor paper were to be found. There
upon, without moments hesitation,
he picked up a shingle and with "A piece
of red chalk drew upon 1t check for
S28, 900. payable to the depositor's or.
der. The shingle was promptly honored
at the bank, aud a better advertisement
of solvency, enterprise and an obligirg
disposition not even California pioneer
could have asked for.
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Gladstone i'm Debate.

Mr.. Gladstone is one of the cleverest,
readiest takers | have ever heard. He
sits in the front row of the members
pews. on the left-hand side, facing the
Speaker, close by the end of the table,
which stands IN front of the white
wigged clerks. Perhaps | should have
said he reclined there, Tor he doesn't ex-
actly sit His head is thrown back and
rests upon the upper edge of the pew
back, his hands are clasped in mis- lap,
his legs are sprawled out in front, and
he has the general appearance OF man
sound asleep. But he isn't. Now and
then the eyelids half open. and "a shade
of expression crosses the features, as
the old man mentally makes note for
future use. When his opponent has
ceased speaking, Mr.. Gladstone comes
to his feet with surprising agility, and
advances a step or two to the end of the
table. There is a little red box here
containing his documents, and he places
the ends of his right-hand fingers upon
this box. He lifts his chin rather above
Its normal height, like IL man used to
talking to gallery, and, as the words
flow freely from between his lips, he
emphasizes them by prodding the box
with the tips of his Strengthened fingers.
As Mr.. Gladstone talks, he grows. In
silence and repose you see thin and
shriveled old man, with long, slender
legs, swollen joints, a hooked nose, sunk
en- eyes, a sparsely clothed head, rath-
er narrow through the temples, but
broad and high over the ears, struggling
white whiskers, which shamble down
the sides of his face and under his
throat, and a general air of physical de-
cay that is not altogether reassuring.
But as his chin goes up, and his chest
protrudes, and the words begin to roll
out with rapidity and resonance, as the
eyes kindle and the smile of conscious
power spreads over the old face, you be-
gin TO feel thereason of the Premier S grip
upon the politics of Great Britain. He
has the perfect conf 1ence of the practi-
cal speaker, and that eloquence of man.
ner, no less than of words, which pro-
claims the orator. He uses no notes,
and as soon as he has finished what he
has to say he slouches back upon hS
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
The Beautiful Roses.

The South has been called the land of
the mocking-bird and magnolia, and the
land of orange groves. IL L might be
permitted to rechristen it, should name
it the land of roses. L don't believe
there is any region on earth where roses
grow in such abundance, variety, beau
ty and sweetness as they do in this
country.
At New Orleans the Marechal Neil
roses cause the Northerner to stare in
speechless wonder. / saw one of the
plants that must have been fifty feet
long. / have seen vines of the same
roses that long In the North, but they
were scraggy and lean looking and in
the florists greenhouses. At New Or
leans they run wild revel like a mid
summer nights dream. The blossoms
grow in gorgeous clusters of half dozen
or more, and the flowers are SO large
that they would more than cover the top
of large-sized coffee cup. A single one
of the pale golden beauties WI fill a
room with perfume. They are as plenty
down here as "white top" in Northern
meadow. And they sell for 81 bud up
North
In some of the private citizens yards
in New Orleans there are as many as loo
different kinds of roses all in bloom at
once. They do not require protection
from cold at any time either. They all
stand out doors in the open ground, and
many varieties bloom more or less all the
Sinter through.-NeW Orleans Cor.
Cincinnati Commercial
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Immediate Relief.

Col. w. Halbert is VIGOROUSLY poor
pay. A few days ago he entered drug
store on Austin avenue, and asked for
bottle of DIR. McFraud's Kidney En-
courager. The clerk, who had been in
formed that all the bad debts contracted
would be deducted from his monthly
stipend, produced the bottle.
{" Do you think" said Col. Halbert,
reaching out for the bottle, "that one
bottle will relieve me of my discouraged
kidneys?'
Yes responded the clerk, still
holding on to the bottle, CT know ii
will relieve you right off. 1t will relieve
you of 81 in cash before you get out OF
the store with it.
The Colonel groaned, and, remarking
that the remedy was worse than the dis
ease, took his discouraged kidneys 10
the next drug store for relief.-7eIds
,SJtings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30
An Oversight.

A French physician has discovered
"two cases of locomotor ataxy in women
employed on sewing machines" We
suspect the sewing machines had not
been vaccinated. Of the 947 different
patent medicines advertised and war;
ranted to go right to the spot-ask your
druggist for tive don't remember to
have seen one that has cured a case OF
"locomotor ataxy." This is an over
sight which should be remedied in all
the new advertising contracts. Norris
tom Herald.
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UOliant,.

Sunset Cox says: Amid the advancing
elements of our electric and steam civil
cation Holland changes less than any
other nation. She preserves in many
places most distinctly her old customs
and habits, and the individuality and
simplicity of her people. The steam
engine may be disturbing many old and
picturesque usages-such as the wind.
mill as motor to pump out the meadows
and keep back the sea-but upon hei
roads and canals, at her fishing isles,
and in her cities and cafes, the spirit OF
the elder times prevails, SO that he
who runs through Holland may read Its
history
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

Some figures published in the Popu-
Tar Science Monthly respecting egg food
are interesting. II Is fact that all eggs
OF birds are palatable enough for hun
cry man, and the eggs of most water
animals are good for food. Terrapins'
and turtles eggs are. regarded as lux
ury, and the eggs Of all sorts of water
fowl are considered delicacy. In some
sections the eggs of the gull give iiSe to
considerable trade. A business Of this
kind is carried on off the coast of North
cumberland, where prodigious quantities
OF eggs are collected. Eggs of water
fowl also form an important part of the
food OF the Farce islanders. The eggs
OF the dusky petrol are sent in immense
quantities from Bass strait to Tasmania
and Australia; incredible numbers of
auks' eggs are collected on the coast of
Labrador; the eggs of the malice bird of
Celebes are esteemed great delacacy,
and will each fill an ordinary tin cup,
and form, with bread or rice, very
good meal. The ostrich, too, is begin
nlng TO rank as a valuable egg. producing
domestic fowl. Each female bird will
lay from twelve TO sixteen eggs; accord
ing TO some, from twenty-five TO thirty
eggs, In August and September, and, as
several couples unite to hatch together,
1t often happens that as many as sixty
eggs may be found in and around sim
gle nest. Each of these eggs is col sid
cred equivalent to twenty-four eggs of
the domestic hen; SO that, as single do
INVESTIGATED birds have been said to lay
eighty-two eggs in season, we have the
possible product of one ostrich repre-
sented by 2, 624 hens eggs.
The number of eggs consumed in the
most populous countries is immense.
Great Britain imports 7S5, 600, 900 egg
from the continent. They represent the
value of $l2, 500, 600, while Ireland fur
nishes 500, 600, 600 more, and the home
production is nearly equal to the III =
portGtion from the continent. 1t is es-
timated that the annual production in
the United States amounts TO 9,000,-
600, 900, of which 20, 500, 600 are sent to
New York. 1t is satisfaction to learn
that the limited use of eggs as a stand
ard article of diet by reason of their
perishable nature is now in measure
obviated by the desiccating and con-
densing process and by canning They
are a nourishing and healthy substitute
for meat, and are generally cheaper in
proportion to their nutritive quality.
The time is approaching when the bust
ness of egg production will take a larger
place among the food producing indus
tries of the country.
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Try the new brand, Spring Tobacco.
REsCUED FROM DEATH.

William Coughin, IT Somerve, Mae ssys: In tho
fall of 1876 taken with bleeding of tie lungs fol-
lowed by cough. lost my appetite and flesh,
and confined to my bed. In 1877 admitted to
the hospital The doctors said had hole In my lung
big as half dollar AT one time report went around
that dead gave up hope, but friend told OF
DR.. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS. 60,
bottle, when, my surprise commenced to feel bet
ter and to-day feel better than for three years past
write this hoping every cted with diseased lungs
will take On. WILLIAM Halls BALsAM and be con-
WINGED that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. can post
lively has done good than .u the other mad
zines have taken since my sickness.
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The transformers Of Fame.

The glory of man is fading flower.
A pastor in Massachusetts,, having
moved away, declined for number of
years to take letter of dismissal to an
other church. The present pastor,
lately from a Presbyterian pulpit, in
reading over the list OF absentees at "a
meeting for business, astonished the
church by the question: "Who is this
-? Does anybody know anything
about him or where he has gone ?"-
Chicago AdUdHce.
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What's angels watching me for p $50
as to keep Johnnie safe till morning, !"
was the assuring reply. "Guess I'm
big huff to take care of my own self
now. See them pants" He had worn
them just one day, and the confidence
they had begot in his soul was truly
marvellous. -Nea0 HaUen Register.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

The Weekly Aoumculdtor though. 1t mighty
mean for the Daily Scissors to copy the formers
news item without credit, and said so III type.
The editor of the Scissors thereupon apologized.
He said he had printed the item out of pure
kindness. There was news in it, and he sup
posed the editor OF the AuluacuLdtor would be
glad to have the news reach the people.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Protect The Women.

Naturally pale invalids can be greatly inn
proved in health and appearance the mind and
body strengthened 10y using DIR. Guysott's yell
low Dock and Sarsaparllla. II brightens the
eyes, gives rosy cheeks. and creates perfect
picture of health, strength, and beauty. 1t is
woman's best friend for relieving the many
weaknesses incidental TO female life. If you
are We ak, nervous, and debilitated or suffer
from dyspepsia, it will surely cure you. Ask
YOUR druggist 10 get il for you.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

An ignorant Yorkshireman, having occasion
10 60 TO France, was surprised on hls arrival 10
hear the men speaking French, the women
speaking French, and the children jabberlng
away IN the same tongue. In the height Of the
perplexity which this occasioned he retired TO
his hotel, and was awakened in the morning
by the cock growing, whereupon he burst into
q wild exclamation of astonishment and delight,
crying, Thank goodness, there's English at
la ~ ny
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

Mr.. SAMUEL A. DENTON, of Lebanon, o.,
writes "My wife has for years been great
sufferer from female diseases. Her health was
very poor and her blood full OF impurities.
She complained of pains about the loins and
back and would sometimes keep her bed for
days. l gave her DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock
and Sarsaparilla, which helped her greatly from
the start. and now / never saw her skin so fair,
her lips so red, or her cheeks so rosy She at
tends TO her housework herself now, and
never hear her complain"
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Mrs SARAH j. VAN buren, whose portrait
appears III another column OF this paper ID
preparing Ladies' Tonic which has been
used for years for curing those distressing COM
plants common TO womauknd II can be
bought OF Druggists or by addressing Mrs. Van
Buren, at 1872 Franklin street, Buffalo, n. Y,
who answers letters free.
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The Birth of Liberty.

How innocent and sweet children are.
n be sure. Johnnie, you must have
vour face washed before going to bed.
as the angels won't stay and watch SUCH
a dirty boy" said his mother, as she
piaved peek.a-boo while Slipping his
night shirt over his head. Don't care.
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this season OF the year from Cholera Infantum
or summer complaint This fearful disease can
be cured by d. Wlnchell's Teething Syrup.
which never fails TO give lmmo tate relief, even
in the most severe cases. Sold by all Druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

ONE ought not to make an assertion unless
he is sure Of his facts and yet an inference is
sometimes reasonably safe. what Is old
Blank dead 2" was the surprised query Of a
man who saw funeral procession go by. Il
don't know" was the cautious reply, but
judge so, for, rs you see, they are burying
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

A coScEIrED man. noted for his lack OF good
looks, pompously said 81 have three children
who are the very image OF myself. Il How
pity the youngest 20 exclaimed person stand
ing by. "Why is that? 2" asked the conceited
man. " Because IT IL the one that will probably
have to resemble you the longest"
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A CELEBRATED actress, whose fresh smile and
silver voice favored the deception. always called
herself "sweet sixteen" She stated her age az
16 in court as witness. Her son was directly
after called up and asked how old he was.
est reply,
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PURE coD-LIvER OIL, from selected livers, Oh
the seashore, by Caswel Hazard x Co., n. Y.
Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients VINO have
once taken ltsprefer 1t TO all others. Physicians
declare It superior 10 all other oils.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

HoRsEs cattle. sheep and hogs are cured o.
dlstempor. coughs, colds feyerS and most other
diseases by Uu:le Sans Condition Powder.
Sold by Druggists.
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DIR. X V. PERoE, Buffalo, n. Y; Dear Sir
have been taking your "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" for "female weakness Before had
taken II two days began 10 feel stronger.
have taken but two-thirds OF bottle aud be-
lieve am cured. Gratefully,
Mrs. II. G.. LovErT, Watseka, Ill.
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Then and Now.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. May II, 1881.
II. II. WARMER d Co. Sirs-For great
many years l suffered from kidney disease
Nothing gave me relief. l finally tired your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and am now in
perfect health. Mrs. THOMAS KELLY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

PRESERVE your harness 10y using Uncle Sans
Harness Oil, which closes the pores, keeps ont
dust or dampnes1, making II soft and pliable.
Sold by Harness Makers.
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SICK and bilious headache, and all derange-
ments OF stomach and bowels, cured by DIR.
Pierce's ''Pehets or anti-bilious granules
% cents vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste
OF virtues. By druggists.
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ELERTs DAYLIGHT LIVER Pu1s are n relia-
bic remedy for DihouSness, headache, constipa-
ton and liver diseases, and are the best pre-
yontlve of fevers known. Sold by Druggists
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"YoU have played the deuce with my heart
said gentleman to bis lady partner during
game OF whist. "Wef, replied the lady with
an arch smile, cit was SIMPLY because you
played the knaye."