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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
POwder-Making.

The Oldest American firm manufac-
turing gunpowder has been in exist
ence nearly ninety years, during which
time its name has not changed. Its
founders were Frenchmen. 1t is not
partnership nor a corporation-simply
a family. 1t is worth probably $780,
100000 The sons are educated to va
rious occupations or professions in
which they will be of use to the COM
pany. At the age of twenty-one they
are taken into the business, but must
sign an agreement binding them never
to ask division of the proceeds or es-
tate. During their lives they are given
all the money they require, and Mt their
death the widows are handsomely pen
stoned until they remarry. Some of
the young men become civil engineers,
some chemists, some lawyers. A ia
nous American admiral was of this
family. An employee is rarely dis
charged, except for fragrant incompe-
tence, and at his death his widow is
pensioned, and his children, if intelli-
gent and capable, brought up to follow
in their fathers footsteps. For years
this family or community held complete
control of the powder market and sue
ceeded in crushing every new powder
manufacturer. Once during the late
war they protested that their mills
were inadequate to their orders, and
made what appeared to be very fair
contract with a rival manufacturer, by
which he agreed to furnish them within
a stipulated time large amount of
powder, which they, in turn, were to
sell to the Government. Immediately
upon the signing of the contract the
powerful firm bought up every pound
of saltpeter in the United States, and
contracted for all that could be shipped
from Europe for months to come, 80
that their victim could only procure
this essential material through the firm
with which he had bound himself by
contract Ruin stared him in the face,
but the company released him from the
contract upon his asserting to certain
concessions very advantageous to them.
A New York company now makes more
powder than this company, but the lat
ter is still the wealthiest in America.
Its mills are In Delaware. In the man.
ufacture of powder Pennsylvania stands
first, New York second, and Ohio third.
-NelU York San.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
The Governments Goldfish.

On the western front Of the Capitol,
on the second terrace, is small oval
pond fenced with high, thick ratings.
In it is little water, a good deal of ice
and dozen or two small-sized gold
fish. 1 am told that it costs the Gov
eminent $50 apiece per annum to keep
those fish. OF course, they have to be
fed, cared for, and taken out of the
pond when it freezes solid, and boarded
around until it thaws again; but the
main expense, l am told, grows out Of
the attempts which have been made to
block the little game of stalwart cat
fish which comes up the big drain-pipe
from the Potomac, half mile off, and
eats up the spawn of the goldfish. IT
has been the custom to drain the pond
and make raid upon him three or four
times year. In each case, of course,
he has quietly gone down the drain to
his native river.-WdshingtOn letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
A Desirable Convenience.

A convenient arrangement of shelves
in one corner of your room is easily
made. Have n carpenter or some other
competent person nail or screw cleats
to the wall, on which the three-cornered
shelves may rest; have them fastened
securely to it, and see that they are
level. These shelves may be three in
number, and it is a good plan to have
the lowest one at about the height of an
ordinary table--a trifle lower, perhaps !;
the reason for this is that it is more
easily taken care of and kept free from
dust than if it is so low as to oblige one
to stoop or kneel down. These shelves
may be made of common pine (well
seasoned, of course, or of black walnut.
They may be finished with narrow
lambrequins, scolloped at the bottom !;
fringe is not desirable in common
room, as it catches dust A shelf sim.
liar to one of these is especially con-
venient in the dining-room. saw one
placed about as high as the top of q
side-table, it held a pretty tete-a-tete
set, and was an ornament to the room.
This was covered with cretonne, and
had band of the same for a lambre-
oniD
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
Hickory Nuts.

"What are the different kinds?"
"The shellbark, the mocker, the pig.
and the bitter nut. The mocker is O
square nut, with very sweet and de-
licious kernel. Unfortunately it is very
small and hard to get at, and thus, in
all probability derives it's name of
"mocker." The pig nut has very
thick shell, and its kernel has a disa-
greeable taste. They are the most
numerous, and the bitter nut nobody
ever thinks of eating, because It's kernel
is well represented by its name"
"How does the shellbark look ?"
at is almost an ellipse in shape, and
is pretty fat on the faces, which, how
ever, are not regular planes. The col
or is almost white, with tendency to a
very light buff. A light blow on the
side breaks it open and the kernel
comes out in two pieces. 1t is Of a
pretty brown and looks rich and tempt
ing. AS to their flavor, can only say
there is no foreign nut which can sur
pass it. "-Cincinndti Ne,os-Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
Coughing.

1t is sometimes forgotten that coughs
properly SO called and in their
integrity-are convulsive, exploratory
efforts intended to eject from the air
cells or passages of the lungs, or from
the windpipe or larynx, either secretions
or exudations, or occasionally foreign
substances, which impede the act Of
respiration. Unfortunately, there is
seldom any constant relation between
the frequency and force of cough
and the physical need for it. This is
because the act being, of course, per-
formed by virtue of special excitation
of the nervous system, the degree of
excitability of the nerves concerned in
the muscular contractions producing
cough determines its force and fire.
quency, instead of their being governed,
"a they ought to be, solely by the
exigeneies of expulsion. Moreover,
owing to the sympathetic connection of
nerves energiZing different groups of
muscles, and in relation with different
centers, cough may be produced by
excitations which are not local to the
breathing organs. Therefore, we find
that cough, which ought to be a very
simple process or function of re-
medal, or, at least, physically helpful
kind Is. in fact, itself cause of dis
turbance and disease by reason of OK
cessive and disorderly character. Very
grave mistakes are made in practice by
treating cough "a pulmonary affec-
ton and in itself morbid.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
The Past.

Nothing makes q man so contented
as an experience gathered from a we'll.
watched past. AS the beauty of the
finest landscape is sometimes marred,
on actual inspection, by nauseous
weed at your feet, or painful headache,
or many little things which detract
from loneliness only fully felt in the
recollection when these trifies are for.
gotten, so our chief happiness is toe
often in recollections of the past, or an.
ticipation of the future. Now, it is
knowing what the past really was,
which we now recall with so much
pleasure, and over which there seems
to be "a light which never was on sea
or land" that we are able to estimate
the amount of happiness and value OF
the present. And 1 think he who does
this will seldom be disconnected; foI
the miseries of life are few, and its
blessings are new to us every morning
and evening.-Norman Macleod.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
4. w. lIigginson on Outdoor Life.

II is very certain that all the phys
ical universe takes the side of health
and activity, wooing us forth unto
nature, imploring us hourly, and in un-
suspected ways, to receive her blessed
breath into body and soul, and share in
her eternal youth. For this are sum-
mer and winter, seed-time and harvest
given; for this do violet and blood
root come, and gentian and witch-hazel
go; for this do changing sunsets make
yon path between the pines gateway
into heaven; for tins does day shut us
down within the loneliness of its dome
of light, and night, lifting it, make us
free of the vast fellowship of stars; for
this do pale meteors wander nightly,
soft as wind-blown blossoms, down the
air; for this do silent SHOWS transform
the wintery woods to feathery things
that seem too light to linger, and yet
too vast to take their flight; for this
does all the fair creation answer to
every dream or mood of man, SO that
we receive but what We give. All is
offered to us to call us from our books
and our trade, and summon us into
natures health and JOY. To study.
with the artist, the least of her beau
ties; to explore, with the man of
science, the smallest of her wonders;
or even simply to wander among her
exhaustless resources, like child,
needing no interest unborrowed from
the eye-this feeds body, and brain,
and heart, and soul together.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

The breeding grounds or "rookeries'
OF the penguins are generally situated
in the shelter of some land-locked bay
or break in the line of steep and rugged
cliffs; and often occupy several acres,
which are laid out, leveled. and divided
into squares with intervening streets,
the whole as if done at the dictation of
surveyor. Along these streets the
pengdins gravely waddle on their way
TO and from the water. presenting tho
appearance OF squads Of awkward re-
cruits, or still more striking likeness.
as has been often remarked. 90 troops
o. little children toddlng along in their
white pinafores. They build no nests
but lay single egg in some selected
spot, the incubation being equally
shared by male and female. Although
so closely allied to the feathered kind,
they are unable to fly, nature having
only furnished them with short. stumpy
apologies for wings, resembling the
fiippers of turtle, by means of which
they are enabled to attain prodigious
speed, when diving under water in pur-
suit of fish for food. Penguins, as we'll
as seals, are doubly provided against
the cold of the high ATTITUDES which
they frequent, by layer of fat imme-
diately inside the skin, which is also the
depository of the oil extracted by the
fishermen. In landing to attack and
slaughter them in their rookeries with
clubs and boat-stretchers, stealthy pre-
cautions are quite unnecessary, the poor
dumb creatures looking on in n state of
Indifferent stupidity, without making
any attempt to escape, while their COM
panions are being knocked on the head
all around them. Seal hunting, or
fishing" as it is usually termed, on
the contrary, requires great skill and
patience. Seal, are gregarious as well
as polygamous, and when they forsake
the open seas for their breeding places
on shore are very shy of intrusion, and
take great care to insure the safety of
their retirement, particularly in local
tiles which have been previously visited
by human beings. They invariably post
sentinels on every commanding point,
so that it is only by patient waiting and
under cover of night the hunters are en-
abled to elude their vigilance and sur
prise them. CHAMBER Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
IT required the nineteenth wife to
Ann-Elize the Mormons.
A Red-Letter Day.

The day on which an invalid begins the use OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters should be marked
with red letter In the diary Of his experience,
since 1t means for him the beginning Of new
era of health. vigor, sound digestion, regu-
larity of the bowels tranquil sleep are among
the boons which 1t confers. The chief hindrance
to the restoration of nerve power, non-assimila-
Ton of the food, is removed by it, and it sue
cessfully combats inherent or acquired ten
denotes to disease Voyagers in tropic seas use
1t as an antidote 10 the facilitating effects of
extreme heat; 1t protects the system from the
consequences of exposure in rough weather. and
In regions where malarial fevers are prevalent
1t neutralizes the miasmatic poison in both ali
and water. Persons whose health is precarious
cannot adopt more potent medicinal auxiliary
Of purely sanitary measures.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
The Doctors Endorsement.

DIR. w. ID. Wright, Cincinnati o., sends the
subjoined professional Endorsement: II have
prescribed DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs i'll great number of cases, and always
with success. One case in particular was
given up by several physicians who had been
called in for consultation with myself. The
patient had all the symptoms of confirmed
consumption-cold night sweats, hectic fever
harassing coughs, etc. He commenced i'm
mediately to get better, and was soon restored
10 his usual health. l also found DR.. VIM
Halls Balsam for the Lungs the most valu
able expectorant for breaking up distressing
coughs and colds
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

Messrs. Francis Newberry Il Son, Lon
don, England, established for 125 years,
write: As testimonial from one OF the
oldest drug houses in Great Britain, respect
ing your household remedy, will no doubt be
of interest to you, we are pleased TO make
the statement that we have sold st. Jacobs
Oil, with satisfaction to the public, for sew
eral years, and that, owing to the extraor-
binary merits Of the article, the demand is
continually increasing, and that We have
heard of many favorable reports regarding
its great virtue as pain curing remedy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

urn, Apollo, and Mercury at the root
of the others. There is no correspond
ing mount left for Mars or for the
Moon, SO the former Is supposed to run
into the Mount OF Mercury, by the lit
tie finger, and the latter to be lower
down, near the wrist. ghese mounts
and lines" are the basis of palmistry,
tho idea being that according to their
development and peculiarities the quail
tiles indicated by the various planets
arc to be detected. Science.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
My Six-Year-Old Daughter.

DIR. c. ID. WARNER: Dear Sir-I received
the complimentary bottle of White Wine OF
Tar Syrup you so kindly sent me. Our little
6-yearold daughter had a very sore throat
badly liberated, and coughed almost inces-
sanity. We gave the medicine according 10
directions, and she began to improve i'm
mediately and soon got well. Please accept
thanks. Mrs. Groves and / have recon-
mended IL TO others. / shall want 10 get some
of It at the beginning of winter, as l consider
ii very superior medicine. Yours very
respectfully, Rev. ii. ID. GROVES,
Carksvilie, Mo. Pastor NJ. Il. Church.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
The Lines on the Hands.

The principal line on the hand, in
this creed. Is the Line of Life" which
can he traced round the root of the
thumb, known as the Mount of Venus,
till it more or less directly joins the
"Line of the Head" the lower of the
two lines; the other is called the ~Line
of the Heart which crosses the palm
inst be ow the Mount of Jupiter, at
tue root OF the first finger, and OF Sat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
Poetic License.

An Austin man, who has just got out
book of poems, met Gilhooly. and
the following proceedings were had:
"Did you read my new book ?"
"Oh, yes, L read it."
"How did you like it?"
my dear sir, I assure you that 1 laid
it aside with great deal of pleasure.
And now the poet goes about with q
smiling face, fully persuaded that his
book has been indorsed by the people,
TerdS ,SiftinQs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

FEEL VERY GRATEFUL for the wonderful
cures that have been performed with Ely's
Cream Balm. l have had tatarrh In its
worst form for the past 25 years and have
used everything | could hear of. i com
mcnced using the Cream Balm and consider
IL the best thing ever tried. recommend IL
to every one anlicted.-J. II KELSEY, 32
Broad Street, Now York City.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

TIE secret OF the large and constant sales OF
Mrs. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound probably
lies in the tact that whereas there are many
"Bitters'' and "Tonics'' of equal value, be
It more or less, the Vegetable Compound is so
completely superior TO ali other preparation
specially recommended for the needs Of won.
en- that it has practically no rivals.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

"LovB softens the heart" says an ex-
change. SO far as we have been able
TO Judge, it softens more brains than
hearts-or rather it softens the place
where the brains are supposed to be-
Netcnldn Independent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

A MAN IN Iowa has patented hens
nest. BY and by some man will patent
the hen, and then we will have to pay
for eggs until plain omelet will taste
like a $40 bill. ton Hatckeye.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

THERE'S tide in the affairs of men,
which, taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune" said Blinkins, raking in the
Government bonds, coupons, and house
hold effects of some unfortunate, which
had been blown into his back yard
during cyclone. - Carl PretzePs
IVoolI,I
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

The New York Tribune, in its market re-
port, explained why some butter is sold for
such low prices. In speaking of butter it
said: "Iie hit colored goods are very hard to
dispose of, and several lots were thought we'll
sold ut to 10 cents" If butter-makers
would get the top price, they should use the
Improved Butter Color, made by Wells. Rich
-ardson Co., Burlington, VT. IL gives pure
daudeion color, and never turns red, or
rancid, but tends TO improve and preserve
the butter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
Mrs. 4. ". WeIlinoton.

Who resides at No ~ fremont street Cambrid2eport
Mass, was cured of Consumption by DIR. Schenck
Medicines over wentyth years ago. The last ply
stefan she employed before using them informed hel
sister that she could live but few weeks. She has
been In good health since. Read very interesting
letter from her in Or. Schencks Book on Consump
ton page 30 This book is sent free 10 all applicants
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

PURE Cod-Liver Oil, made from selected
livers on the sea shore, by CAswELL, HAZARD
a. Co., New York. IL is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken IL
prefer IL TO all others. Physicians have de-
cided 1t superior to any of the other oils in
~lrnt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
Rev. HENRY MORGAN

Was cured of Consumption in its worst forms by DIT.
Schenck's Medicines, over twenty years ago His
statement is published in DIR. Schencks Book on Con-
sumption. referring TO which. in letter to DR..
Schenck, dated Feb g. 1881, he says: The foregoing
letter was written 20 DR. Schenck many years ago
only say that my lungs were then perfectly cured
have had no return of hemorrhage or lung difficulty
from that day TO this.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10
Young Ladies',

If you want your hair to have that peculiar
rich, glossy appearance that always adorni
the head of beauty, use Car boline, the nat
ural hair restorer and dressing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

Prevent malarial attacks by invigorating
the liver with DIR. Sanford Liver Invigorator.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

WHAT room would one expect to find in a
castle In the air? A ''brown study" to be
sure.-Life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

CHAPPED Hands, Face, Pimpes and rough
Skin, oured by using JUNIPER TAR Soar, maze
by CAsw2II, HAZARD & Co., New York.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

Prso's Cure for Consumption is not only
pleasant to take, but 1t is sure to cure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

Hon. DANIEL +. beatty. of Washington, n. j..
writes, June 3, 1882:
Mr.. Joseph Foddle. a gentleman in my employ, was
affected with what was supposed 10 be Consumption
got him 10 use your Punonic Syrup, Sea Weed
Tonic and Mandrake Pills, and can now state that he
has been able to return TO his office duties and that
his health Is better than Il has been for years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

Mr. H. p Nelson of Cedar Falls a. was attacked with
severe bleeding from the lungs He was cured by
DR. Schenck's Medicines and has never had any re-
turn OF bleeding or weakness OF the lungs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

THE Frazer Axle Grease is the very best.
A trial will prove we are right.
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In 1916

Who lives at No. SO Ann street, Newburg n. y, wa
sick with Consumption for over two years. She wa
cured by DIR. Schenck's Medincines in 1873, and Ia
lad good health ever since.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

A LADY who allowed dude and poodle II
take supper with her, said they were ''purpy
two-at-tea. "-NeUmdn Independent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

COUPLES court before they are married
and they must, also, go TO court before the
are divorced.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

DIR. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup cured me of a cough
with which was afflicted TOR over three months.
JULIUS WERHELM, Bay City, Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

THE only known nerve sedative is DR.. Rich
mond's Samaritan Neruine. II is without riva /.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

A TEXAS man lived with three wives under
one roof. He was arrested for disturbing
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

samaritan Nerpine saved our daughters
life, says Alfred Gowell, of Little River, Cal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

PUBLIC speakers and singers use Piso's Cure
for hoarseness and weak lungs.
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Cattle Wanted.

Parties having cattle for sale OF any class,
please address. giving gr ade, numbers, age and
price, John G. Abbott, Box 2250, Denver, Col
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

A. SHELLY, of the firm of Smith Shelly. Dry Goods
Merchants, Grass Lake, Mich.
Is now in perfect health and in active business Sew
eral years ago he was considered as incurable with
Consumption by his physicians. He says in letter
10 Dr. Schenck. Oct u, 1880 had ali the symptoms
OF Consumpton-cough, night sweats, and severe pain
in my lungs have advised many others TO use your
Medicines and can tell of some wonderful cures TO
those who may be interested. believe that your
Medicines Will cure Consumption, even in its ad-
yanced stages.
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Rev JOSEPH s. LAME Pastor of Eighteenth Sire
NJ f Church. PHILADELPHIA, SAYS:

was q great sufferer from Dyspepsia, Bronchial af
fections and Pulmonary trouble and was so sick tina
Thought should be compelled TO give up preaching
Dr. ScIencks remedies restored me TO perfect health
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

The Rev STEPHEN ROESE, Missionary for American
Baptist Publication Society at Maiden Rock Wis.
Saws that his wife entirely cured by the use of
DR.. Schenck's Medicine. He has also used the Pull
monte Syrup himself with great benefit for hoarse-
ness or ministers throat. For further informa-
ton address him at Maiden Rock Wis.