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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-19

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-19
Business Notices.


Physicians are often startled by remark
able discoveries. The fact that DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and all
Throat and Lung diseases is daily curing
patients that they have given up to die, is
startling them to realize their sense of duty,
and examine into the merits of this wonder
full discovery; resulting in hundreds of our
best Physicians using it in their practice.
Trial Bottles free at Duncombe, Stearns d
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-19
Omnibus Orders.

Leave orders on Dyckman House Slate for
Narren's bus to all trains and private
houses. l9tf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-19

Group, the children's enemy, is subdued
by using Downs Elixir.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
CANCER.

The experience in the treatment of Cancer with
Swft's Specific Is. 8. 81 would seem to warrant us
in saying that 1t will cure this much dreaded
scourge. Persons so afflicted are invited TO cor.
respond with US.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
Dressing a Man.

Talk about women taking time to
dress and the multiplicity and intrica-
cies Of their costuming! Whatever civ
ilization may have imposed upon them
it is but shadow of the modern rami-
fications Of male attire. A Commercial!
Gazette reporter, whose cuticle absorb
ed the frigidity of fourth-story back
during the recent cold snap, found that
his habilaments quite exhausted his
arithmetic as well as his patience. To
the chattering accompaniment Of his
teeth he made the following calcula-
ton: 2 socks, / drawers, 2 undershirts,
! shirt, 2 sock supporters, and a chest
pad; that completed shell No. l. One
coat, l pair of pants, vest, collar, !
cravat, l pair suspenders, cuffs; shell
number two. One coat, hat, hand
kerchief; fractional part of shell num-
Der three, 8 studs, sleeve buttons, 4
collar and cuff small buttons. That
was the outfit, and it figured up thirty
individual pieces of personal furniture,
each necesstating separate and dis
tinct manipulation. In this manipula-
ton was embraced 81 buttonholes and
81 buttons, 4 spring catches and two
clasps; 81 finger blistering big, big ID,
incidents to his attire. Altogether 80
pieces of clothing and 81 incidental
manipulations. making total of 81
separate attentions to which he had to
devote his time. Give fifteen seconds
to each-which is not more than fair
average-and there are twenty-four
minutes spent in covering the person
according to the conventional usage.
Add to this cravat tying, scarf pin in
sertion, fob chain adjustment, and ar
ranging the hair, washing, etc., and to
dress man occupies fully half of one
hour. Half an hour means one forty
eighth, or over two per cent of his life
spent in covering his nakedness. When
Adams nakedness was discovered to
that unfortunate individual curse was
imposed upon him far in excess Of the
loss of the Garden Of Eden.-Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
Chihuahuan Women.

Chihuahua is innocent of sidewalks.
Mud is scarcely known, as rain falls
only sufficiently to moisten the ground,
except in the month of June, when, as
if to make up for its feebleness at other
times, it almost deluges the town, fall
ing to the depth Of thirteen or fourteen
inches. 1t rushes down the mountains
in torrent, floating of carts, barrels,
chairs and chicken-coops, If the latter
are sufficiently modern to be made Of
wood. The coops are usually made of
mud and stone, hastily thrown to-
gether.
The Mexican women are wonderfully
graceful, This is partly due to the
manner of carrying baskets or bundles,
begun in early childhood. Watched q
Mexican girl carry an immense basket
of clothes home to be laundried. First
she selected from the basket towel,
and twistingit tightly wound it round
and round until the circumference was
the size Of her head, on which she
placed it; then, helped by companion,
she lifted the basket, weighing at least
thirty pounds, on top Of the roll. She
balanced it by touching it lightly, first
with one hand and then the other. AT.
ter she had gone short distance she
folded her hands in her shawl walking
with the greatest ease and uncOn'
seriousness. She looked back smilingly
at me, showing her pretty white teeth,
at;ll ounuoad at uonoro mhO thourvht
her task difficult Wheeling Register.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
The Daily Bulletin.
Another One About Artemus Ward.

During the last three years of Charles
+. Brownies (Artemus Ward) residence
IN America, his manager was John P.
Smith, and the other day CHANGING to
meet G. A. Hough, Mr.. Smith was re-
minded of the following experience with
the great humOrist:
In 1865 "Artemus" was lecturing at
Toronto and his next "stand" was De-
troit.g AS they were about to leave the
Dominion, "Artemus" and his mana
ger thought il would be a good plan to
stock themselves with articles OF wear
ing apparel, Accordingly Mr. Smith
bought forty yards of silk for dress
for his wife and "Artemus" got thirty
yards Of English Melton for a suit OF
clothes, and after the purchase the
great question arose of how the
goods should be Struggled across the
border.
3 'Pll tell you what to do" said
Browne to Smith; "stop off at Wind
sor and 60 to hotel. Get room and
going there take off your coat, vest
and shirt and wrap the silk about your
body, putting your clothes over it. Then
you can cross the river without inter
ference"
Mr. Smith thought the idea a good
one, and retaliated by suggesting to
"Artemus" that the English Melton
might be wound on the roller with the
panorama canvas and thus escape de-
lection. Both ideas were carried out,
except that when Mr.. Smith-coming
in advance of the humorist and his
panorama-stepped ashore at the foot
of Woodward avenue he was familiarly
greeted by stranger with, How are
you, Smith? Hows 'Artemus?'"
Thinking the gentleman was one to
whom he had previously been intro
duced but whose name he had forgot
ten, Mr.. Smith responded cordially and
did not realize the fact that the strang-
er was customs officer until, after in
quiring after his health, he said: "You
look dropsical; what ais youP'' a
II am troubled with dyspepsia and
fear it may bring about dropsy," said
Mr.. Smith. d. a@
II can cure dyspepsia or dropsy sim
ply by laying on of hands. Take of
your coat and let me see," said the
stranger Mr.. Smith, determined to
play a bluff game to the last, took of
the coat and then his vest; but when
the stranger said, "take off your shirt, "
MIR. Smith asked, "Who told you / had
this silk about me?"
The customs officer laughed as he
handed Mr.. Smith letter giving an
accurate description of that gentle
mans personal appearance and stating
that he had the silk wrapped about his
body, the signature to the letter being
Charles +. MISUNDERSTANDING Ward. "
Mr.. Smith got even by exposing the
hiding place Of Wards" Melton, and
the result was that while the agents
silk went through free, "Artemus" was
obliged to pay a fine of $50 for his
oth.-DetroI Free Press.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. ONCE, 100 W. 2ad St., between Sixth and
Seventh avenues. }t
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
WOMAN'S SECRET.

She is over-worked, poor thingi
Proud, honorable, faithful ,womanly,
she determined to keep expenses
down, and do the work herself.
Right nobly has she done it, but at
n terrible cost. The sparkle that was
in her eye when she was a;bride is
gone. Her once plump; and rosy
cheeks are now hollow and color
i " less. She used to step lightly and
gracefully, but now she drags one
foot after the other with painful
WEAKNESS.
n For the sake Of the family she
does not mention her aching back,
her acutely painful nerves, her
rheumatic twinges, her dyspeptic
W troubles, or the heavy weight she
feels in her right side, that tells her.
~ her liver is going wrong. She thinks
nobody knows about all that, and
she will suffer on in quiet and un-
repining patience. Alas her secret
~ is anopen one for it tells itsown tale.
= ( Whisper this in her ear, she ought
to know it. Madam, Broz0n's Iron Bit
. hr,y wiN heal youy tack, calm yvny neyyss,
kiK your rheumatism, dyisr ont jour dyspep.
aa, and eoyyset yoay G0r. Dollar bot
90 tie. Nearest druggist. IL
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
RIVER NEWS.

and steamboat passenger agent. Orders for all
kinds Of steamboat job printing solicited. once
at Bower's European Hotel. No. "a Ohio levee.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

Rheumatism is the most subtle and ex-
cruciating disease flesh is heir to. Neu-
ralgis, sharper and more erratic, ID az
much Of an enigma. Science has proved
very noncommittal when asked to reveal .
specific for them. But ct last she has con-
sented. Athlophoros is the touchstoHe she
has provided H, s. Chandler, of The In
dependent, New York, says that "ene bot
tie OF Athlophoros entirely cured him Of
Rheumatism, from which he had suffered
for year and half
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR lsr YEA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR lsr YEAR.
VIM stratton, strstton Bird, groeers, Cairo, ILL.,,
i. A. Goidstine, of3oldstine q Rosenwatsr, whole.
sale and retail dry good; 9. W. Dunning, \. D.;
Pres. 3D., Med NJ, for Pensions Albeit Lewis.
Judge and notary public; Wm. r. Pitcher, com.
broker and insurance agent; r. H. Bsird, city
street supervisor; M Phillips carpenter and build
g; Thomas Lewis, attorney and secretary Hv.
cashier Of Centennial Bank, Ashley, III. Albert
Hayden, cashier IL George Connolly . Co., Hprng.
1eld, III B. N Mum. attorney -atlay, ioS Raa.
dolph street, Chicago; Hon. Rcbt. A. Hatcher. o.
cashier First National Bank, stuart. Iowa.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

-Four young ladies who lived in the vicini-
ty of Wheeling, Va, were set adoat BY
some means and all that was left to trace
their fate was bottle with small strip of
paper tied round the neck of the bottle and
witten on the strip weret he words, STARE
well friends" ....
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

Two months ago my attention was called to the
case Of q woman afflicted with cancer on hel
shoulder at least inches In circumference, angry
painful, and giving the patient no rest day OF
night for months. obtained supply Of Swift't
Specific for her. She has taken bottles, and the
ulcer Is entirely healed up, only very small scat
remaining, and her health is better than for yeart
past; seems to be perfectly cured.
Rev. JESSE Il. CAMPBELL, Columbus, Ga.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

have seen remarkable results from use of
Swin's Specific on q cancer. A young man near
here has been afflicted i've years with the most
angry looking eating cancer ever saw, and was
nearly dead, The first b,tte made q wonderful
change, and after five bottles were taken, he Is
nearly or quite we'll 1t is truly wonderful.
NJ. f. CRUMLEY, NJ. D., Oglethorpe, Ga.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

believe Swift's Specific has saved my life I
lad virtually lost Of the upper part Of my body
and my arms from the poisonous effects Of q large
cancer on my neck, from which had suffered
for 20 years. 8, 8. s. has relieved me Of all sore
ness aud the poison is being forced out Of my sys-
TEN. / will soon be well. w. R RoBIsoN,
Davisboro, Ga.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
Fast Time East.

passengers en- 81 points s Eithout any dsl.;
caused by Sunday intervening The Saturday AFTER
uorniug at 1875. Thirty-six hours In advance OF
ny other route, ,lIl IN iHH9l
vFor through tickets and further Information
apply at Illinois Central Railroad Depot, Cairo.
]. h. JONES, Ticket Agent.
4. Il. HANSON. Gen. Pass. Agent Chicago
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
W. fll tff iI NaN ~
eTA0EA OF THE RIVER.

-sHAShs VI THE klVEh'
Therivsr marked by the gauge at this
port ste p. NJ. 40 feet 0 inches and ris-
mg'o sousb.s31 tG 30 a.aiam ,i,l p"
Chattanooga, Feb. 11.-River SO feet 10
inches and rising. 0mf ..-
Cincinnati, Feb. 11.-River Go feet 4
inches and rising. " @"". z .'i 1... 4,
Louisville, Feb. 11.--River Al fee,
] inches and rising. .ooA7uJ
Nashville, Feb. l1.--River 40 feet z inch
es and falling. 's s.,i ~
Pittsburg, Feb. 11.-River IS feet inch
es and falling. ...h .r. ia.
bt Louis, Feb 11.--River 10 feet 10 inch,
90 and falling. aAaa.aa
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12
UNDER LIP AND INSIDE OF CHEEK EATEN
AWAY BY CANCER.

Ny father had an eating cancer for several years,
which had eaten away his. under lip and the inside
OF his cheek, down to the bottom Of his gums
We got some of Swift's Specific and gave him, and
the effect has been wonderful-amost miraculous
Every one here said 1t is only question OF time
about his death, his cure has created the great
est excitement In this part Of the country. hope
you Win publish about my fathers cure. and send
afflicted. WIN. B. LATHRoP.
South Easton, Mass, JAM, 1884.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-12

TRAINS LEAVE CAmo:
FlH 800 a. m. Mail,
Arriving in st. Louis sAb am; Chicago, 30 Pm:
Connecting at 0din and EfhnghAm for Cfncin.
natl, Louisville, Indianapolis and points East.
1925 p. m. Fast st. Louis and
Western Hxpress.
Arriving In st. Louis 6:45 p. m, and connecting
for all points West.
3:46 pm. Fast Express.
For st. Louis and chicago, arriving ct st. Louis
t0:25 m, and Chicago 30 an.
3:46 pm. Cincinnati Express.
Arriving at Cincinnati TOO an; Louisville 6,5S
am; Indianapolis 4;06 am. Passengers b.
this train reach the above points ! g to 80
HOURS In advance Of any other route.
HThe $3.50 p. m. express has PULLMAN
SLEEPING CAR Cairo TO Cincinnati, without
changes, and through sleepers to St. Louis and
Chicago. .T
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

When horses are compelled to re-
main exposed to storms at this season
the use of a rubber blanket, with fan
mel lining, will be of valuable assistance
in the prevention of colds and lung dis
eases.-1roy Times.
The Poultry Monthly is of the opin-
ion that Dominiques breed more true to
color than any other breed of fowls.
They are very hardy, mature early,
splendid layers, sitters and mothers,
and good table fowls.
An ostrich raiser says that ostriches
are plucked once a year when under
three years of age, and twice year
when older, yielding feathers at each
plucking worth from seventy to ninety
dollars. San francisco Call
An Ohio truck grower ploWs and
sows with rye that part of his garden
vhich he can clean off in time, and
whatever manure is ready is spread at
the same time. The rye makes quite a
growth during fall and winter, and
when turned under in the spring counts
something as a fertilizer, besides rem
dering the soil very mellow Cleveland
Leader.
--Quinces can be grown iu most To-
calities where apples thrive. The se-
cret of success with this somewhat diff
cult fruit is mulching in winter and
heavy manuring in summer. Wood
ashes, leached or unleached, are highly
beneficial. The ounce borer must be
dug out with q knife in the fall Dead
twigs impair the vitality of the trees
and must be femoVed.-N. Y. Herald.
Apple Roly-Poly: Peel, quarter and
core sour apples; make rich biscuit
dough with baking powder or raised
biscuit dough, roll up, put in pudding
bag, and then into a kettle of boiling
water with an earthen plate in the bot
tom. Boil an hour and a-half constant
". Before using the pudding bag
wiring it from hot water, and flour the
inside well. Any kind of nice sauce is
good with apple roly-poly. M z.
Tribune
There is no quicker or better way
of getting a mired cow out OF a ditch
than attaching a chain to her head
wound around the horns and hitchirg q
pair of steers, or oxen, at the end of it,
and when the chain is taut and in q
direct line with her and the ring in the
yoke gently tap the team and pull gent
ly in the direction indicated, and on the
least pull the cow will begin to help
herself, and before she is hardly aware
of it will be safely landed on the ditch
bank, probably plunging and believing
with fright, but not hurt nevertheless.
N. T. Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
personal AND LITERARY.

"A Bridgeport Conn., gentleman
will publish all the rejected poems he
can find.
Mrs. A. C. Pond, sister of the IA
nous Sam Patch, died at Petersburg,
Va, recently.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and
Congressman Milliken, of Maine, are
said to resemble each other as closely as
two Dromios.
David Pulsifer, who has been clerk
in the Massachusetts Secretary of
States Office for thirty years, retired q
few days ago.-Boston Post.
Rev. DIR. Backus, of Union College,
at Schenectady, N. Y, who has been
blind from cataracts ten years, has
fully recovered his sight as the result
of operations performed by Balti-
more physician. Troy Times.
-Ex-President Thomas Hill, of Har-
yard College, has edited an almanac in
which the computations have been
made according to the new Eastern
standard time, the first of the kind to
be published.-B0sto's Herald.
Mr.. Bennett, the owner of the New
York Herald. is said by persons who
have seen him in Paris lately to have
become ssprematurely old. His hair is
turning gray and he is as slow and pre-
else in movement as an old man.
A Waterloo IN. W girl was mar
ried to a young man who fell in love
with her photograph, and the courting
was done through the medium of cor
respondence. The couple met for the.
first time at their wedding. Ba!fulo
EGpresS.
--Senor Sote1do, who turns up in
Washington as the Minister from Vene-
zuela, is the father of A. M. Soteldo,
the. young gentleman who lost his life
while trying to regulate the editorial
management of the Washington Repu6
licGrs from the outside.
-'' What sort of man is Uncle Re-
mus?a | asked of a Georgia friend,
writes a Washington correspondent.
"Joel Chandler Harris,'' he replied,
smiling. "He's a little, red-headed,
freckle-faced farmers boy from Putnam
County. Just about as handsome as
q burnt shoe. He's 4 good fellow,
though, and bright, but indolent. Sort
of a singed cat. He has been very well
treated by the Atlanta Constitution
people. They give him q good salary
for writing an hour or two every day,
in addition to a very nice house, which
they gave him outright as Christmas
gift, think. So he has plenty of time
for literature and q pleasant place to
write it in. ~ Indianapolis journal.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
Facts About I'imeo

As the recent change in time has
awakened some inquiry on this subject,
the following facts may be of interest:
Julius Cesar rectified the calendar 46
B. c., and by means of the calculations
of his astronomers made the year of it's
present length. This, however, is said
to be really eleven minutes too much.
and by the time Pope Gregory Kill,
reached eleven days. The Pope had
sufficient influence to set aside Csesar's
method, and the new calendar was ac-
cepted at once in Italy, Spain and Port
ugal. It gradually came into favor in
France and Germany, and both Dem
mark and Sweden adopted it in 1900.
In England, popular prejudice opposed
the Gregorian method until, in 1851, an
act of Parliament legalized the change
and this gave use to the terms ''old
style'' and s'new style. Ridiculous
as it may seem, whenever riots occurred
at that time, for whatever cause, this
change was made basis Of q complaint
by those who did not understand q
word upon the subject. Hogarth in his
picture of the election riot, represents
a man drunk in the gutter, while near
by lies his banner inscribed: s'Give us
back our. eleven days" This shows
how readily politicians, even then,
turned everything to an account. The
recent change is only more perfect
attainment of uniform standard.
Speaking of time tbs very interesting
to see the number of men watching the
dropping of the ball at the telegraph
building. This is done ct twelve o dock
thus Indicating Washington time. The
Importance Of even one minute is felt
here, since the banks close at three.
and all unpaid notes go at once to
protest. Hence . trifing delay may
ruin credit The sub-Treasury closes
at two, and as it opens at ten there are
only four hours of public business.
Time, under such circumstances, is in
deed money.-M Z. Cor. Utica Herald.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-19
smorHErED In THEIR CELLS.
-Four Prisoners Perish IN Burning Jail
at Jersey-ViIIe, Ill.
JERsEYvILLE, ILL, Jan. 6.


JERsEYVILLE, ILL.,, Jan. 6.
The most horrible event that ever hap
pened in Jerseyvil1e occurred this morning
it being the burning of the County Court
house and Jail, and the perishing of four in
mates incarcerated and awaiting trial. Last
night at about five o'clock, the JaiIer locked
the prisoners in the cells for the night, and
left good warm fire in the stove in the
corridor. This was done to warm the cells
for the night, the weather being extremely
cold, This morning about two o'clock
some parties in the neghbornood heard the
screaming of the prisoners, but thought
nothing about it, as the prisoners often
make unmeaning disturbances. Aboutfive
o'clock this morning Mr.. Tipscomb, sexton
OF the Baptist Church. came up town to
start fire for the church, and thought he
smelled something burning, but saw noth-
ing. He staid at the church till about six
O'Clock, and when coming out saw smoke
emanating from the Jail. The alarm was
at once given, and when the Jail was
reached all was locked and no entrance
could be made until Janitor Blay was sent
for, who lives about one-half mile away.
The building being brick and the timbers
hardwood the fire made very slow prog
ress.
At about $3.50 O'Clock the ,janitor arrived
and number of men, with wet sponges in
their mouths and lanterns in their hands,
forced their way into the damp, smoky
cells, and found the dead bodies OF Walter
Dunsdon, twenty-five years old, incarcerat.
ed for the murder of Mrs. Nellie Dodson;
James Griggs, aged thirty-one confined for
larceny; Emile Koehler, aged twenty-three
in jail Tor stealing mule from Alex. Won
derly, near Brighton, Ill; August Shultz,
aged thirty -four, locked up for stealing
coat. tI.s
Dunsdon and Shultz were in the same cell
aud were found lying on the floor with their
feet to the cell door, and it is supposed
they were awakened, and after making
futile efforts to get out fell to the floor and
suffocated.
Griggs and Koehler were both found in
their bunks well covered up with blankets,
and it is thought they were Smothered with
smoke, not awakening from their natural
sleep, no evidence OF disturbance appear
ing. All four We're in solid stone cells and
were not burned in the least, suffocation
from smoke being the cause of d-a5n.
The burning Of the building was very
slow, commencing about tour o'cllciz this
morning and not consuming the structure
till about ten. There was no insurance.
Tue Jail has been condemned Tor con1ining
prisoners by both Grand Jury and the
Court number of times. There was no
night watchman at the Courthouse, and
Sheriff Frost says he has not been allowed
one only on occasions when desperate char.
acters were in the Jail, and tears were en-.
tertained that they would get out. The
loss to the county is etimated at about $20,.
900. The cause of the fire is supposed to
have been defective hue.