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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-12-06
A Hint to Unknown Authors.

The editor of magazine Is trustee.
The character and the prosperity of the
trust committed to him, as well as his
own reputation and his own personal
and pecuniary interest, depend upon
the success of the magazine. But how
can he promote that success by accept
ing the work of his personal friends, or
of n little clique of writer's, to the ex-
clusion of the better work of unknown
men? 1t is the editors acceptance OF
this last which has made the fame of
many of the best nown of living
writer's.
"My dear" said the wise nurse to the
young child, "bugaboos beset MS on
every hand. But look steadily at
them and they will vanish. The man
who came home at midnight saw an
awful specter, with outstretched, wide
flying arms, warning him from his own
door. Yet he marched bravely on. and
To- it was one OF his own shirts dang
ling in the night wind upon the clothes
line. -Hdrper's Easy Chair.
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The DE Soto Hogs OF Louisiana.

There is breed of hogs in the swamp
regions of some OF the Gulf Coast
States which have more than 300 years
of existence in America, if traditions OF
the pioneers are reliable. They appear
to have retained, in marked degree,
their ancient characteristics i'll a con-
dition something more than semi-wild,
and, under the rule of "the survival of
the fittest," to have made actual i'm
provement and to have demonstrated
the fitness of the climate and spon-
taneous production of that region for
the growth and development of swine.
Mr.. Michael Dempsey, the correspond
ent of the Catahoula Parish (La.) De-
partment of Agriculture, refers to them
as the De Soto hogs, and says their
progenitors were brought from Spain
in the expedition of Ferdinand De Soto,
in 1889, as part of the subsistence of an
armament of $50 foot and $50 horse
men, in search of golden treasures in
Florida, and that during his five years
of fighting his way among the fierce
savages of Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana many of his
large numbers of swine took advantage
of their liberty in the swampy forests
Astounding i'll the territory traversed,
successfully disputing possession with
the alligator, panther, bear and wild
cat, so far at least as to escape annihila-
ton. Mr. Dempsey gives the follow
ing interesting description of this re-
markable breed:
They are feet of foot, keen of scent,
sharp of hearing, with an eye that looks
red with anger; their ears are short and
erect like horse, only broader and
very thick; their color is pale blue or
dingy white, with only sprinkling of
red, sandy ones. If any other color
prevails, such as Jacobs cattle, ring
streaked, spotted or speckled, it is
foreign blood. These hogs are seldom
fed by their owner, nor do they care
for it, as they have learned to root,
hog or die" and L have found some so
wild that when an ear of corn was
thrown in front of them they would
Jump from the smell of it as If they
were struck with electricity. If the
mast nuts of the forest is good they
weigh at year old 100 pounds net, at
Is months from 40 to $50 pounds net !;
but they are rarely killed under years
old, and their average weight is 300
pounds net. If the mast has failed
they are allowed to run until they grow
fat. They roam in herds of from a
dozen up to forty or fifty, then they
form more herds and establish their
location in the woods, where they are
seldom intruded upon by other herds.
Prairie Farmer.
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Mark Twain and Fred Douglass.

The following characteristic letter
from Mark Twain has just come to
light:
Hartford, CT, jan. l., 1881.
DEAR SIR: Several times since your
election people wanting Office have asked me
70 use my influence" with you in their be-
half. To word it in that way was such a
pleasant compliment to me that / never COM
piled. / could not, without exposing the fact
that | hadn't anv influence with you, and that
was Il thing which ! had no mind TO do. II
seems 20 me that il is better TO have a good
mans fiattering estimate of my influence,
ana keep it-than 20 fool 1t away with trying
20 get him an office.
But when my brother on my wife's side
Mr.. Charles J. Langdon, late of the Chicago
conventiOn-deslrcS me To speak word for
Mr.. Fred Douglass, | am not asked to ''uso
my influence, consequently am not risking
anything.
So am writing this as simple citizen. l
am noC drawing on my fund of influence at
all. n simple citizen may express desire
with all prOpriety in IL matter of recon-
mendatiOu to Office and so | beg permission
10 hope that you will retain Mr.. Douglass in
the present Office of Marshal Of the District
of Columbia, il such course will not clash
with your Own preferences or with the ex-
pedienceS and interests of your adminstra-
ton.
/ offer this petition with peculiar pleasure
and strong desire, because / so honor the
mans high and blemlshlcss character. and 40
admire his brave, long crusade for the
liberties and elevation of his race. He is q
personal friend of mine, but that is nothing
to the point, for his history would move me
10 say these things without that, ana / feel
them, too.
With great respect, l am, General, yours
truly, S. l.. CLEMENS.
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SAVING MANY LIVES.
Efficient Work of the Life-Saving Service
During the Year.

Erclent WORK oil the life-SaVfng Service
During the Year.
The annual report of General Supcrin-
tendent Kimball, of the Life-Saving service.
shows 1874 stations i'm operation, of which 149
are OIL the Atlantic, thirty-seven on the
lakes, seven on the Pacific and one at the
falls of the Ohio at Louisville, Ky. The re-
stlts of all the disasters within the scope OF
the service for the past fiscal year are sum
married. as follows: Total number of disas-
tiers, 461; total value of property in
volved, S1,242, 720; total value OF
property saved. S5.671, 700; total value
OF property lost, Sl,57I,O20; total num-
Der of persons involved, 4,036; total number
of persons saved, 4,Cl7; total number of per
sons lost, 10. The disasters OF the past year
exceeded those of the previous year by
seventy-one, but the amount of property lost
was considerably less. nee the Introduction
of the system in 1871, 1884 lives have been
saved and property TO the value OF S23, 737, O59
recovered. Superintendent Kimball attrib-
utcs much OF the high efficiency OF the
service 20 its utter exemption from political
influences, and states that the statute en-
acted in 1882, declaring IL non-pOlitcal, has
made IL an easy task for him to conduct life
saving affairs with sole reference to the pub
lie good.
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PUT UP YOUR BILL AND SING.

You stupid Bird don't be absurd,
Il miss 40 good Oh nee:
Wall Your sweet mate forever wait
Upon That nearby branchp
Il every Jack there is IA Jill,
Aud once year it's spring:
You can't be rash with love OF CASH
Put up your bill and sing
You simple youth, why worship truth.
And ever toll and SPIN
Il arm cunning ways and claptrap phrase.
And join the tide To win.
The right man should the right place get,
For that's the proper thing;
And II you plan TO be that man
Put up your bill and sing.
I'm told there's naught thst can't he bought
Ter the proper sort of song
Votes, honor, place; handsome face
TIL, list is pages LONG.
For every bird there Ia n note
That stops or starts his wing;
Learn that by rote, puf out your thtoat,
Tut up your bill and sing.
= Philadelphia Record.
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patam, and The Government offered re-
wards of 100 rupees for every tiger.
The Board of Revenue is dissatisfied
with the present rate of payment, and
observes that, at the very moderate esti-
mate of 20 rupees head, the 9, FOB cat
tie destroyed by wild beasts represents
a loss to the cultivators of about two
lakhs of rupees, or between four and
five times as much as the Government
has expended in the destruction of these
animals, and this loss is calculated to
he annually recurrent. - London
Times.
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Wild Animals i'm India.

An official paper States that the num-
Der of wild animals killed in the Mad
ras Presidency during 1882, was 2,055,
which largely increased the number of
the previous year, which was only
1929. The items were composed of 3
elephants, 27S tigers, 1,205 panthers
and leopards, 215 bears, "a wolves, 289
hyenas, Al not named. The wolves
form rather unpleasant feature In the
list, as ], 7l4 cattle were killed by them,
and the Government complains that
only, "a were got rid of in 1882, against
26 in 1881. They do not, however, at
tack human beings, as leopards and
panthers do, though in Northern India
they sometimes carry off children. FL
ephants are not now allowed to be
destroyed, except under special circum-
stances. One was shot in the district
of Coimbatore which has been for some
time q source of danger to the villagers
and their crops, and a reward of RS.
300 was granted and the tusks allowed
to be retained as n trophy. The num-
Der of persons killed by wild animals
and snakes is still very large-namely,
l, 195-although there is slight dimi-
mutton on the record of the previous
year, which was 1902. The number
killed by elephants was 3, tigers 206,
panthers and leopards 20, bears IL,
other animals %, snakes $50, though
there is little doubt but that the deaths
from snake-bites are in reality far more
numerous. The number Of cattle de-
stroyed was 9,703. against 1898 in 1881,
tigers having accounted for 1921, Loop
ards for $500, and wolves for Lib. No
less than 176 persons met their death
by tigers in the one district of Vizaga-
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BAD INDIANS.
War of determination to be waged
Against tho Apachcs.

Against the Apachcs.
Telegram from chihuahua, Mexico1
All frontiersnren of the mountain country
OF Arizona and New Mexico who have
grievance against the Apaches and other
Indians are welcomed by Gov. Louis
Terrazas to join the Indian ami.
hilation army which is preparing %
sweep the Sierra Madres from the Poems
Atlas mining-oamp, directly west of this city.
north TO Arizona and Mexico. All Ameri.
cans who can reach here armed can share in
the spo Is OF scalps at $3.50 each, and in all
captured animals, supplies and ammunition.
me country TO be traversed comprises the
bonanza quartz mineral belt of our continent.
III Gen. Crook watches well the borders he
Will have the desperate Apache tribes OF the
Sierra Madres in his grip within ninety days.
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SMALL TALK.

THERE are 10000 gypsies in Hungary.
MEXICAN manufacturers are making paper
from the hbers of the cactus.
THREE THOUSAND Americans and l., 900 En-.
glish are now living in Paris.
A BowERY lodging-house offers lodging,
smoking tobacco, soap, towels and the use OF
the tooth brush for 10 cents night.
NEwBERN, Tenn, has law that imposes q
fine OF not less than SIS nor more than $50
on any person who goes into saloon on sun.
day.
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A VETERAN New York policeman
states that the first step to be taken in
resuscitating drowning man is, to 90
through his pockets. If there is any
life in him, and any valuables about
him, that will fetch him to.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-12-06

PAsT1ME is word that should never
be used but in bad sense; it is vile to
say thing is agreeable because il helps
to pass the time away.-Shenstone.
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"PRovERBIAL PHILOSOPHY" UPPER,
whose works have sold to the extent of
LOCO, 900 copies, is 70 years of age and
very poor. The English are collecting
a fund for his relief.
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A MISPLACED switch broke an en-
gagement the other day. When young
ladies are switch tenders they should
be careful.
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LIBERTY" street, In Miliedgeville. Ca,
leads from the penitentiary TO the cemetery.
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II tell you, said old Alice Kent, six
months after the scene related above,
Il tell you he may be 45 and she may
be l8, but nobody wants to see a hand
somer couple, and 1 am glad my old
eyes have lived to look on 'em. She
may be Persian or q Hindoo heather,
but she's lady, and this elegant
home hain't going to be deserted no
longer. Now, Just get the best dinner
you can, for I'm as happy as a lark in
the meadow" and the old lady skipped
out of the room, so glad was she to see
ST. Varnham home once more and with
him Thekla, his beautiful brido.-Chi-
cdgo Ledger.
The bee., 1883-06-23
OUR BALTIMORE LOCALS.

Miss Josephene Bradford has gone
to Washington to pay visit to her
father, Mr.. Thomas Bradford.
Miss Anna Dean will leave the city
soon to spend the summer at Newark,
NJ. Miss Ishman Johnson will
spend the summer at Harpers Ferry
Mr.. David Jones of Snow Hill, was in
the city visiting friends last week.
Miss Virkil Hurst and Miss Sarah
Emell, have returned home to spend
their summer vacation with their par
ents. A fan drill was given at the
Trinity Church Friday night, it was a
novel affair.
Miss Maggie Sietzs one of our highly
esteemed young ladies is quite i'll.
The Femele Macedonian Association
of this city are doing some excellent
work in behalf of the poor and sick.
This association is organized merely for
charitable purposes and the officers
deserve great credit for their many
deeds of charity, they have banking
committee and managers to visit the
sick and stewards, who are detailed to
set up with the sick and make arrange
ments for the burial of the dead.
Several private entertainments were
given in honor of the visitors from
Washington last Thursday.
c. c. and w. A. Stewart were enter
tanned by Mr.. James Jackson while
here. 1t was regretted that Mr.. Chase
did not remain over. r f. j.
The bee., 1883-06-23
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

1t appears that the leaf of plant
can transform into useful work as
much as forty per cent. of the solar en-
ergy it receives and absorbs.
NJ. de Lesseps states that the evapo-
rating power of the sun is less on the
site of the proposed inland sea of the
Sahara than on the Red sea, and he
does not anticipate that the waters
will dry up.
The boiling point of water is ordina-
rily 212 degrees, but every liquid has
point of its own. The sulphuric ether
boils at 90 degrees, alcohol 176 degrees,
oil of turpentine, 316 degrees, sulphuric
acid 620 degrees, and mercury co. de-
grees.
A California paper states that year
or more since a gate post that had
been painted with so-called zinc white.
was noticed to appear black all day.
gray in the twilight and white during
the night. On an investigation of this
singular property of the paint, the
cause was shown to exist in a new
metal, which has been named actini-
um, on account of its peculiar actinic
effects. 1t is found in zinc ores, and
resembles zinc.
The pulp made from the fiber of the
palmetto tree has proved to be a fine
paper material and is consequently at
tracing the attention of both scien-
lists and capitalists. A company at
Washington, D. c., is now engaged in
the manufacture of paper from this
material. The erection of mill at
Jacksonville, Fla, for the purpose of
converting the raw material into pulp,
is also announced. This mill, which is
to cost $4,000, will, it is said, produce
twenty tons of pulp per day.
M. Reiset has Investigated a remark
able alteration of milk which supersti- |
tious French peasants seem to think is
due to some bewitching influence. The
new milk has anOrmal appearance, but |
after it has been exposed to the air for
about thirty-siX hours blue spots ap-
pear upon its surface, and it is then
known as "blue milk" Butter OBJ
tanned from the affected liquid has a
strong, disagreeable smell, and green
ish color. The spots prove to be due
to kind of mold, which may be avoid
ed by adding little acetic acid to the
milk.
The bee., 1883-06-23

first prize in an oratorical contest in
the State University at Lawrence.
Kan ias, last week The Western Re
cor1er speaks of the affair as "the
Waterloo of the dav." The Judge
came forward with a garland of
wreathed flowers for the colured race,
and in the presence Of that vast audi
ence, handed Mr.. Bruce a complete set
OF Emerson'S works.-KaRSaS city
Enterprise.
Rev. i. j. Grimke and wife viii
leave town for the summer, next week.
Rev. r.. S. Laws will leave the city
next week for an extensive tour in the
East.
Misses Eva Chase, Emma Merritt.
will temperate at Harpers Ferry, this
summer.
Misses Lizzie Bayly and Robbins. of
Richmond, Va, visited our city this
week. Miss Lizzie looks well.
Rev. ID. w. Frazier, a graduate of
the Theological Class of 'S3, Howard
University, left Tuesday for New York.
Where he will remain, until he sails
for Africa in July. We wish him
success.
The bee., 1883-06-23
The SIM and EeretahIA LIZ.

From an acorn weighing only a few
gains tree will grow, for hundred
years or more, not only throwing OFF
many pounds of leaves every year, but
itself weighing several tons. Ii an
orange twig is put in large box OF
earth, and that earth weighed, when
the twig becomes a tree bearing lus-
ciOus fruit, there will be very nearly
the same quantity of earth. From
careful experiments made by different
scientific men, it is an ascertained fact
that a very large part of the growth
of tree is derived from the sun. from
the air, and from the water, and a
very little from the earth and nota-
bly, all vegetation becomes sickly I'M
less it is freely exposed to the sun
.,hine. Wool and eG.sl are but con-
densed sunshine, which contains three
important elements. al equally essen.
tial to 10th vegeia' lie aud animal life
-magnesia is important to any of the
tissues. Thus it is the more persons
are out of doors the more healthy they
are, and the longer they live. Every
human being ought to have an hour or
two of sunshine at noon in the winter,
and in the early forenoon in the sum-
mer.
The bee., 1883-06-23
TIE SPARTA PICNIC

The Sparta Social Club gave their
first picnic at Van-Ness Park last Fri
day evening. The affair was a success.
socially and financially. The music
was good, and everybody seemed to
enjoy the festivities of the evening, to
the fullest extent. The occasion was
a most happy one, and great credit is
due to the managers for the absence
OF that element that is so distasteful to
the social circle. Among the many
persons present were Mr.. and Mrs.
James HI. Smith and lady, Captain T.
5. Kelly and lady, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H..
Black and their daughter, Miss Gussie,
Mr.. and Mrs. Turleigh, Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Holland, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Murray, Miss
Henrietta Myers, MessrS. l.. NJ. Brown.
5. Jackson, A. Savoy and many others.
Long live the Sparta.
The bee., 1883-06-23
LOUISE TO CLARA.

DEAR CLARA was ever so GLAD
to hear from you; it has been a long
time since we met. | had presumed
that all Of my old friends and ac
quaintanceS had forsaken me.
would be gratified if it were so t.
write You a long letter, but time will
not permit me ut present.
Our friends were surprised by not
sceingyou at the church Monday even
ing. Tho reading was good in some
particulars, but you know people are
tired of poor reading. Mr.. Robert
Harland made his debut as a reader.
and, to the surprise of his friends, he
made a good hit. Everybody was
present, and all seemed to enjoy them
selves. Jessie LOwson and Miss
Rosetta were present. Don't you know
have been wondering why that
matrimonial alliance has not been con-
summated between those two dear
creatures.
There was sensation created for
some time on the appearance of our
mutual friend, Leedy. There is no
change in the atmosphere so far as
Misses Alice johnson and Mamie
McHenry are concerned. 1 DON t know
what you think about it, but have
my opinion. l had an excellent time
at the examination this week. The
girls looked tired; | pitied them. A
little recreation is needed, and it is
hoped that they will take it. / saw
the boys at the Garnet building. While
there / was much surprised and graft
fed to be an eyewitness to handsome
basket of flowers from our old war
horse to Miss GuSsie. She is an
amiable girl. l would like very much
to tell YOU all about it, but circum-
stances will not permit me. The
Sparta boys were all jubilant at the
Van-ness last Friday. The jolly joker,
Goe. NJ. A, was there. George was
the life of the place. Harry b. has
turned to be a young man now. His
admiration for dancing is beyond limi-
tation. You are correct about the
proposed marriageof Belle and Joshua.
The question is when will it take
place. BY the way, they tell me that
Ellen S. is making efforts for the nor
nal school vacancy. What could she
do with it? | shall protest against
that. l hear that the appointments of
the school trustees will be satisfactory
to the BEE. We all like the BEE. and
hope that its existence will be long.
Have you heard what madame rumor
reported? III. b., the Senator's brother,
it is said. will surely take trip soon.
Henry is so peculiar that 1T Is nara 10
decide what he will do. we admire
his choice.
Please write soon, and let me know
all about our dear school mans.
Your loving friend,
LOUISE.
The bee., 1883-06-23
The Earth'S First Land.

If one wishes to see the oldest parts
Of the world let him go to Trenton
Falls, n. j., ard, after visiting the ex-
cavatiOns male by the natural action
Of mountain torrent into the ancient
rocks, go to the hotel and see the col
lection male by the landlord, at an ex-
pense of $1,000, of specimens which
prove the record of q geological age so
remote that no imagination can grasp
it. Professor Agassiz declared that the
land reaching from Trenton Falls to
Saratoga was the first that appeared
above the sea on the creation. Here
are trilObites in great variety, all mod
eled in black marble, so perfectly pre-
served in form that the multitudinOus
lenses of Their eyes are as apparent
under microscope a. are those of a
living fly. Millions of years before
man walked the earth these creatures
lived their life, the limestone took on
their forms, and here they are! What
are scarabai and ancient intaglii, or
any other engraved or modelled semb-
lance Of the old life, compared to the
trilobites? These creatures not only
lived, but had become everlasting stone
millions of ytars before there was a
living man to see them.
The bee., 1883-06-23
Locomotive Caprices.

1t is perfectly we'll known to expe-
rienced engineers that if dozen diff
ferent locomotive engines were made
at the same time, of the same power,
for the same purpose, of like material,
in the same factory, each of these loco
motive engine would come out with
its own peculiar whims and ways, only
ascertainable by experience. One en-
CINE will take great meal of coal and
water once; another will not listen to
such a thing, but insists on being coax
ed by spadefuls and bucketfuls. One
is disposed to start off when required
at the top of his speed; another must
have little time to warm at the work
and to get well into it. These pecu-
liarities are so accurately mastered by
skillful drivers that only particular
men can persuade engines to do their
best. 1t would seem as if some of
these excellent monsters" declared,
on being brought from the stable, "If
it's Smith who is to drive, won't 60;
if it's my friend Stokes, l am agreeable
to anything" All locomotive engines
are low spirited in damp and foggy
weather. They have great satisfac-
ton in their work when the air is crisp
and frosty. At such a time they are
very cheerful and brisk, but they
strongly object to haze and mists.
These are points of character on which
they are united 1t is their peeuliari-
ties and varieties of character that are
most remarkable.-Flerated Railacdy
Journal.