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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
The Innocent Lamb.

The wife of Mr.. Harbiscn-that is to
say, Mr.. Wilkinson, of the East End
has been sick for some time, and the at
tending physician ordered him to take
her out to the country He did SO, and
Mrs. Wilkinson's little pet dog went
along. Settled in their country rooms,
n short way down the Fort Wayne road,
Mrs. Wilkinson was Frustrated and con-
fined to bed, while the pet dog--as even
pet dogs will-spent much of the idle
time that hung heavily on his hands
so to speak--in good fellowship with
certain disreputable pigs near the
house. As u result he became in
tested with heas, which fact caused
Mrs. Wilkinson not little grief. The
farmers wife--up in all such things
told her that lamb, being placed in
the same room with the dog, would abb
'nered little lamb was selected and
taken to Mrs. Wilkinson's room, where,
lying abed, she watched it and the dog
scrape an acquaintance. Gradually
they became familiar and playful, and
Mrs. Wilkinson was thinking what a
pleasant sight it was, when suddenly
the lamb caught sight of his reflection
IN the large mirror that reached
to the floor. Immediately the gentle
qualities that have made the lamb
famous the world over, disappeared,
and, with the apparent idea that this
was an interloping lamb that had no
business there, the lamb had knocked
hole clear through the mirror Either
the excitement attendant upon this act,
the noise or bruises of the glass tumb-
ing down about him, triumph at his
success, or pride at.having been the au-
thor of such fuss set the lamb crazy.
Without stopping even to shake himself
he charged upon the dog and knocked
him ont in two rounds; in two minutes
he had Knocked all the furniture in the
room to pieces except the center table,
which he needed to reach the chande-
lier When he had smashed every
globe within reach of good strong
jump ho then knocked over the table,
and. with glaring, blood-shot eyes,
sprang upon the bed, and the screams
OF Mrs. Wilkinson brought assistance
Just in time to save her from being
knocked ont on the floor.
This is an absolute fact, and we only
give it eve have n prejudice against
true Stories as going to disprove a
popular fallacy concerning the lamb
'Gihooly'S EtchiugS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
When the End Of POlygamy Comes.

In the Revelation on Celestial Mar
riage, given to Joseph Smith, Nauyoo,
July II, 1S43," it is written: "And
again. verify, verify, L say unto you, if
any man have wife who holds the key
of this power, and he teaches unto her
the law of my priesthood, then shall
she believe and administer unto him,
or she shall be destroyed, saith the
Lord your God, for / will destroy her."
This constantly-repeated sentence is
the iron out of which many marriage
rings are made in Utah; they bind the
Mormon, but she does not pretend to
love her fetter. In the breast of every
woman in that Territory there is an
enemy or a potential traitor to the sys-
tenn of polygamy, and when, as must
sometime be the case, the struggle with
polygamy becomes recognized war
for the deliverance of woman, the end
of the Desert dispensation will be
swiftly-it is to be feared violently
reached. AS Goethe wrote: Ever the
womanly leadeth us onward. Mon
cure ID. Conway, IN San Francisco
Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
MONKEYS.

The monkey is not q fool-certainl)
not "a fool of the greatest size," a
Christiana would say. In fables it il
often the butt of other creatures, bu'
it is its inquisitiveness as rule tina
gets it into trouble, not its folly.
The poets describe it as half an idio
and with very bad intentions-"just
skilled to know the right and choos;
the wrong"-but / have so often my
self taken advantage in their wild forest
state of their generous credulity AM
otherwise lardable thirst for knowledge
that speak as an expert when l say
that though L have harmlessly aston
ished them with trains of gunpowder
and frightened whole community oui
of all gravity by painting one of then
number an agreeable vermillion,
never saw anything in their behavior,
sober or drunk, composed or alarmed
that led me to think them particularly
foolish, as compared with men. In
deed, when undisturbed in mind the
monkey has philosophical gravity
which compels admiration, although |
confess tho alternating fits of monkey
frivolty and indecorum exasperated me.
Since Father Noah squeezed the grape
Aud <ek to such behaving
As would hsye shamed ont grandsire ape
Befott the days OF shaving.
If they would only sit still little
longer, and look me fairly in the eyes
L should llAe to ask the monkey
baboon OF ape some questions of which
the solutions interest me greatly. Why
are they always so sad faced, when evil
IDENTIFY the most content? And where
is the missing link? Is it true that
they speak among themselves in lin,
gata franco of their own, and under
the influence of hidden panic they can
articulate?
L remember once in India, at the
Allahbad Club, monkey calling in q
frenzy of terror 10 it's native attendant
by name. 1t he'd seen cobra coming
toward it, and distinctly articGlated its
masters servants name--and this more
than one person vouched for. Is then
tradition correct that monkeys refuse
to talk lest they should be made to
work?
Play at dummy like the monkeys
For feat mankind should make them funkeys
should like, too, to ask them about
the dog faced men of Tartary, and the
Soko and the Pongo, Susumete and
Eugcena, and to get at the truth about
Du Chaillu's gorrillas. But as they
are, the monkeys are impossible in
conversation. They are too sudden,
too unforeseen in their transformation
from sense to ribaldry to be rational,
too furtive i'll expression to be straight.
forward i'll reply, too fond of scratch.
ing neighbors to keep to the point.
What curious community of fur this
is, by the way! l know nothing like it,
Except the unanimous scratching OF
'Hindoo kirs.-Belgrdira.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
An Old Inventor.

Capt. John Ericsson, who by build
ing the monitor, revolutionized naval
architecture, has passed his S0th year,
yet he is young, physically and men
tally. He gives twelve hours day to
brain-work, and that, too, of the most
wearing kind, invention. His vigor
and health prove that the hardest sort
of mental labor is not injurious, pro-
vided the worker lives temporarily and
takes sufficient physical exercise.
Capt. Ericsson-he was formerly an
officer in the Swedish army, hence his
title-rises at o'clock, winter and
summer, takes cold bath, and then
performs gymnastic exercises for two
hours. At 8 he eats hearty breakfast
of poached eggs and coarse, brown
bread. After breakfast he works until
half-past 4 o'clock, when he eats sub
stantial dinner of vegetables.
He goes from the dinner-table to the
drawing board, where he works till 10
o'clock He then walks for two hours
and goes to bed at midnight. The mo-
ment his head touches the pillow he
falls into a sound sleep. He does not
eat between the two meals, drinks moth
ing but weak tea milk, and ice-water,
and neither smokes nor chews tobacco.
Capt. Ericsson, though an octogena-
rian, is now engaged in perfecting his
solar engine, which is an attempt to use
the suns rays as direct motive power.
If he succeeds, he will give great boon
to the tropics. Youths Companion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
DISPOSING OF OLD HULKS.
Secretary Chandier's Auction Sale Of Old
Vessels.
Washington Telegram

Secretary Chambers auction of old hulks
proved more satisfactory than many per-
sons supposed it would Bids were received
to-day for all the vessels offered, except the
venerable Pawnee and the not less ancient
but badly-rotted Florida, and there was
some competition for several of the vessels
The aggregate of the appraised valuations
of the vessels bid for was S21 800 The
whole COST to the Government OF building,
repairing and equipping these ships was
s10,064,109 Several Of them, such as the
Niagara, Roanoke and Susquehanna,
did good service in their time and
the Government may be deemed TO
have got its moneys worth out of them.
Half a dozen of them are only tug-boats.
The New Orleans Is an old line of-battle ship
on the stocks and the others belong to tho
large class of ships built during and just
after the war of white oak, because live oak
was not to be had, which have decayed
rapidly The Florida, for which no bid was
made wasappraised at S64, 400, considerably
more than any other vessel on the list The
engines are the principal thing OF value
about her. She was built for speed, and
was probably the fastest steamer ever in
the navy, but she only made one cruise. Ten
years ago, when there was prospect of trou-
BILE with Spain, she was partially fitted for
sea. According to return made to the de-
partment. her engine received repairs and
the boilers are not worth repairing. Her
machinery cost s795, Geo; and it appears that
the Government must reduce her appraised
valuation or retain her. The Congress,
which was sold for $50, OC6, contains ma
chinery, the first cost Of which was S4l2, 600,
built Just after the war, and none of it is re-
ported to be worth repairing The Iowa
was appraised at So 600, and was sold for
Just s. more than that The Niagara was
appraised at $4,000, and the highest bid
was exactly that sum. The Secretary Is in
doubt whether he can accept that bid, be-
cause in inviting proposals it was stated that
the ship would be sold for the highest above
the appra sed value thereof. This sale does
not include the Alaska, Benecia, Saco, Tus-
carora, NaIragansett, and old Monadnock,
which are at the Mare Island yard
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

LITTLE Switzerland is disturbed
about the large increase in its foreign
population. Between 1870 and 1880
nearly $4,000 natives of other countries
settled within Swiss territory, and
about the same number of natives of
Switzerland emigrated to other coun-
tries. The foreign-born population of
the whole republic, as compared with
the whole of the native-born popula-
ton is only about u per cent, but in
some districts, especially those near the
border lines, it is very much larger. In
one canton the foreigners constitute "a,
and in another 81 per cent. of the en-
tire population. A slight increase in
the foreign immigration, and the native
emigration will place the foreign resi-
dents in the majority, fact that prob
ably would have no parallel in any
other country, and might lead at times
to serious difficulties. The Germans
contribute the largest proportion of i'm
migrants. They number %, 1852. There
are $4,000 Frenchmen and Italians,
and 42,700 Austrians.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

A MAN by the name of Chorman, liv-
ing at Niagara Falls, was so anxious to
get rid of superfuous dog that he
dropped the unhappy beast into the
rapids from the Goat Island bridge.
During the afternoon a man walking
across the new suspension bridge
deserted an animal moving under the
bank and informed the gate-keeper on
the American side, who with the aid of
q glass recognized the dog of his friend
Chorman. The creature had actually
gone over the cataract and escaped with
sufficient vitality to wag his tail and
frisk about with many demonstrations
of pleasure when his master appeared
upon the scene the following morning
Glorified by his exploit the dog that, a
fortnight ago, was only good enough to
drown, has become the hero of the
village and will be encouraged TO pro-
long his life to the remotest possible
limit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

A PARIS journal tells that New
Yorker, whom it names, on coming into
the possession of 5000 from the estate
of dead uncle, devoted it to playing
baccarat; that he enjoyed most won
derful run of good luck that he broke
bank after bank in the French capital
until the doors of those that remained
solvent were closed defensively against
him; and that year of this prosperous
gambling made him the possessor of
half million. He returned to New
York and took fine quarters in lead
ing hotel. A year passed, and he did
nothing except spend money la.ishly.
He went back to Paris last winter and
made fresh onslaught on the gambling
bells. This time the conditions of luck
were reversed. His was bad and the
gamblers was good. He lost as rapidly
and steadily as previously he had won,
and now he is without anything.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

and disliked to change an old and COM
Portable suit for q new and stiff one.
His clothes were made by Philadel-
phia tailor, who was compelled to re-
sort to strategy to capture the Judge
when o measure was to be taken. A
member Of the family always looked
out for things, and usually the first in
timation the Judge had of new suit
would be when it was sent to him, and
further persuasion had to be employed
to get him to put it on"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

THERE are few gears in which locusts
or grasshoppers do not make their ap-
pearance in the southern part of Rus
STA. One first observes in the horizon
a black cloud agitated by q peculiar in
ternal movement. Then it appears di-
rectly above you, and the rain of the
large and heavy insects is so violent
that the best thing you can do is to
take to your heels. The peasantry be-
lieve that these pest are sent by God as
the messengers of his wrath, and they
are, therefore, too much inclined to
bow before the scourge and to let what
they believe to be the justice of God
pass by. In some districts they simply
unite in prayer, and the images OF
saints are placed in the paths of the
locusts, Just as was done recently in st.
Petersburg, when the holy statues
were placed IL front of the great con-
fagration. But this year the affection
is so terrible that the peasantry have
taken reasonable measures to check it..
Men, women and children are busy
killing the pests. The insects are
crushed, burned, trodden upon system
atically by trained horses, and great
bitches are dug in which the enemy is
heaped up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

A CHICAGO man is quoted as saying
Hatch, 1 have a scheme. L am worth
$2,5OO,0O My brother is worth the
same. That's $5,O0O,OOO. We can
command an equal backing in Chicago.
That's $10,0OO,OOO. can get $1,000
900 in Frisco. That's $4,000, 900.
With $15,0OO,0 backing 1 can get
$15,OOO,0O0 in New York, and that's
$3O.0OO,OOO. propose to take this and
buy up the wheat crop of the Pacific
slope, load it on vessels at the Golden
Gate, and ship it around Cape Horn to
Europe. can control the market in
the United States aud make the market
an Europe. What do you say?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

A PITTSBURGH jury gave verdict
against a railroad company for the
amount of money stolen from passen-
ger In sleeping car ~Since tie de-
PENDANT" the Judge charged, sold a
ticket for So, in addition to the regular
rates of passage, offering the facilities
OF sleeping as an inducement to pay the
extra money, it bound itself to protect
ats patrons while they were asleep, and
for the time being helpless"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

A JACKSONVILLE merchant has Just
shipped North 200 boxes of lemons
grown In Florida. They are said to be
as fine lemons as can be grown any
where. their color being perfect, while
they are finely favored, and as juicy as
the best Messinas. Mr.. Bean, the
shipper of the lot, says the fruit-grow
ers throughout Florida are paying very
much more attention to growing lem
ons since q successful experiment was
made in curing them last season, and
are setting out or budding large num-.
Der of trees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

$50 BNGRossED was Judge Blacks
mind" says the Philadelphia Record,
during his life with the many duties
which such a career as his crowed
upon his attention that he paid but lit
tie attention to his personal appear
ance. Unless the fact were forced upon
him that his wardrobe demanded re-
plenishing he would never notice it. He
never ordered suit of clothes himself,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

Mr.. ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER, writing
from London to the Chicago Tribune,
says: "The Prince of Wales simply
amazes everybody by his restless-or
rather, unresting-activity One m ght
ask, with no little reason: When does
the Prince sleep?' He plays many
parts, and plays them all uncommonly
well. He is here, there, and every
where. He is perpetual motion him.
self. One reads of him at York, at the
exhibition there in the morning, and
then at the fisheries exhibition, in Lon
don, in the evening. He entertains
like prince, and is the most genial of
guests in the house of his friends, and
one might say these friends are of all
classes"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
Out Of STYLE.

Papa, can't go to the store and get
me new dress.
"Why, child, you have got plenty of
good dresses"
Eyes, papa, but they are out of
style"
Nonsense, girl the trees always
come out in the same style every
spring, don't they?"
Eyes, papa, and they always look
green, too"
Papa, aside--("One might know he
couldn't get ahead of an editors daugh-
ter All right, go to the store and get
a dress. The Irrepressible.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
Chr Jrne Aurthrruer.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

EXPERIMENTS have been made near
Coblentz with view of making raw
ems take the place Of carrier pigeons.
The ravens have the advantage over the
pigeons OF being less liable to attacks
OF birds OF prey. Some ravens covered
distance of forty miles, but the Lon
don Field thinks it very improbable
whether they could ever be trustworthy
as messengers.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.

THIS year Adoing London" has been the
great thing among Americans visiting
Europe
HE mania for pet dogs has broken out
again among ladies and Is worse than it has
ever been before
A NEW fashion in baby cribs is to have
shem in pretty shapes, two of the favorites
oefng sea-shell and swan.
CHOICE grapes are selling In California Mt
$40 per ton. An acre of fair land there will
produce six tons while fifteen 90 twenty
tons per ec<e Is not an unusual crop.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
Women OF Affairs.

Miss Helen A. Stewart, Ohio-Patent on a
respirator.
Mrs Drake, Huron, Dakota-Successful
farmer; 500 acres; big crop
Mrs f. A Burke, New Orleans-Superin-
tendent OF Lafayette Square
Miss Ella T. Greene, St Louis-Successful
commercial traveller; salary, 81, 500
Mrs Louis WEIGH, East Concord, N. H
Patchwork quilt with 2, 200 pieces in 1t
Annie Il. Wilson and Isabella M Leyburn,
Observation-Disclosures and proprietors new
magazine
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

THE wire-fence war win engage an extra
session of the Texas Legislature Some Of
the pastures are fenced without break for
forty miles or more, and the only choice left
to travellers Is either to drive two days
journey out of their way or cut the fences
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

TIMOTHY SHIELDS, Of Howard county, Md :,
stands six feet eight inches in his stockings.
and weighs =. pounds He has four children,
three of whom are IONS, averaging six feet
two inches in height, and weighing 213, 20,
and 240 pounds respectively.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

ABOUT o'clock at night the barn of John
Leidy, of Leonidas Township was struck by
lightning and entirely consumed by fire, In
GLIDING horse, sixty tons of hay, with con-
siderable other personal property Loss
about.s2 COO; partially insured
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

1--WE have been married now twenty
five years." said an Austin lady of
somewhat vinegary disposition, "let us
go to church to-day and thank God"
"You can try" answered her husband.
you have reason to do SO; I haven't. II
1 celebrate the day at all, I'll hunt up
some sackcloth and ashes. "-Terds
Siftinls.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

A DELEGATION of New York salt men re-
Gently visited the Saginaw valley to find out
Just how Michigan can beat the world in the
manufacture of this useful article.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04
The Meanest Man i'm York State.

A farmer in Yates county few years
since lost the early partner of his joys
and sorrows. He buried her in a
private cemetery and erected marble
slab to her memory. In short time
he married second wife. He then
plowed up his first wife's grave and
now uses the tombstone for stepping
block in front of his house. Rochester
Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

DAMALA, Sara Bernhardt's husband, has
left tho army and returned to the stage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

FISH vendors flourish at Monroe Ths
herring is now in season
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-10-04

The American potato beetle has
reached the German fields.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-04-03
Rtnh6eta.

-Oas 6ourtbaus BON &idlanb County,
lit am 26. Mdr3 bur9 Seuer serit6rt NOR
ben. Serluit $40 900; geriiderlng S1O,s
900. Die off3ielen Bidder unb Yupiere
wurben serettet.
Dem Staat Minneiota maren 905, :
900 Gcres 9anb a,e@unitsn Der ct. Saul
& Siour Gitp &. 81. iibertrasen woroen
unb bat bic neutrality-suspicious. bereits
einen Sbeil bieies Qanoss erbalten. Sn
ieiner gntideiouns erfldrt nun Der Som,
mifdr Der General Qanb Office, baB bic
bloBe llebertrasuns BON Qanb an einen
Staat nod nidt ben Seiittitel fir bafelbe
perleibe, iOnOern baB elm 9atent gu benz
i3pede ausseifellt merben miiie. Der
Staat Minneiota wirb oemSufoIsc ssspuns
gen iein, geiietitel fir aues ibm iibsrtras
gene 9anb gu ermerben.
Die 8obnuns BON s. 9. gearb in
Winneapolis lift Mittpo9 Nadt D.
@. bur9 cine Geuersbrunit total perni9tet
wOrben. 9erlnit $4,000, gerii9eruns
10000.
Die Stabt % aperIp, Martin 60,
wurbe am porletten Sienitas Morsen pom
elmer 6euersbrlnit beimseiudt, pelde mebs
rere @ebdube in ai6e Iests. Serluit
$4,000, Serii9eruns $4,000.
-Was bas 0uantum bes i'm 2aufe bie.
les Winters sinssbeimiten SoISss onbs,
trifit, 10 biirfte Oaiielbs fi9 auf bS9itens
TX ISrn,sut 0e6 m lotion Gerh5fe oerroh-
ten Soranidlases %itelen, ndmli9 auf l..
sos 900 900 Sub. Sieran iinb betbeilist:
@isconiinfuB NIT 1862 ,O0O, 900 SUB /;
Slafriuer NIT 2l2, 600, 900; Chippewa
unO SlambeaufiuB NIT 232, O0O, 900 SUP i;
st. GroirfluB NIT $50, 600, 900 SUB Dtss
nomineeluB nit 4OO, 600 SUP; @olffiuB
20, OOO, 900 SUP am Gate Superior o..
ooo, 600 SUB; anbere Siitritte Suiummen
l23, OOO, 900 SUP;
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-04-03
Nebrasfa.

SIN Hebrasta 1T elm SdIag gesen BIZ
rIfociirte Brefe" sefibrt worOen. Die
9e9islatur jenes Staates bat ndmlib Elm
@eies ansenommen, uonu9 YrsBuereine,
peIde in ienem Staate seiddftIi9 tbdtis
limb, irsenb elmer 3eituns, bic ben feitsez
iebten greis gu SabIen iid erbietet. teIesras
pbii9e Depeiden Iiefern mil len. Die
Citrate fir iebe Beiseruns 1T auf $1,000
feitseiest. 9Offentli6 wirb aud AMBER
wdrts bieies MOnOpol ansesriffen.
Die 9esisIatur BON Nebrasfa, bic f6
nanmebr 81 ibren fieben3ebn gorfabrsn
sliidli9 psriammelt bat, 1T fir etwa 100
neue @eiebe uerantmortIi6, uon benen fol-
senbe gu erwdbnen iinb: Neueintbeiluns
bes Staates in 10 @eri9tsiprensel, Nbdns
bsruns Der Contribution babin, bab resus
ldre Seifionen fiinftis so Gage bauern,
itatt 40, unb baB ieber legislator fir ieis
men 3meijdbrisen Germin fiinftis $500 be-
3iebt, ftatt wie bisber 50 per Gag Der Sel.
ion. Am l.. Suli 1883 tritt elm neues
9eiet in 8raft, wel6es l1ebertbeusrunssn
unb Oiscriminationen ieitens Der 2eles
graphic ~ompusnisn uerbietst.