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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21
SHE RluEMHERhD BLISG BArTizED
tyoa me bos'oa ann,

800 Fyom me bgsen gfobs
Tot, said blossom. have you ever been
blpilfedT
'tein, have been bnputhod. I rem, inl,cr all
Abdit a."
nm tpul spld iilpsnn, "Ui1 Tho minister put wa.
tfr 80 y0pf head lihr ir ia un baby inhhbin'AT"
"hO1ru" rsid la, The doctor h. INT Hrfttnhfd NY
hfm aud rubbed s1in'thing on H. u dldnt hun b."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21
N VrutIlntor coll s25,

The pool Hing NJ Convey Island last night ON the
above races WIS at the following rates;
Flrsi Rice Rio, $50, harklI ID 49, Glideawhy T2l'
End Vmnn $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

Tho inn win be- handicap steoplcchnae 0ycr tho
short Names ~ the artrrs will be mado known
M the course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

The Kenner Stakes to be ran for to-norroS. There
will he ve starters and good contest NAV be looked
for P nurus + strong fdvorie IN account OF hi vic
tory In the Foxhal stake. last week Tae third race is
haYGi.tp one mi 500 yarls General Monroe e rri IS
t,c too W. hit and i also the choice IN the betting.
There wi pur-c race, mile spe ia weigi Is.
or winch there ni1e and handicap stcep1
cl.i sc over thr fractional course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21
NJ ALLUlfON ~ FOGEGN POLICY

From me ErcHinJ fe'rgrnW - ffiH0 UsHI
We look In vain 10 tbs letter fJr Specific De- l1flt'ors
r.1iiug 10 fore ga policy. Thr traditional hmerran
policy 10 aard Ohcr M 10 ~ hOsey~f Is one 81 non
int lam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

SIXTH RACE. SELLING. Ia NIL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21
RABID BUT SHAM REFORMER.


And thus the IL ID jack Cafe Is once more intr0.
iuced 20 the voters OF the public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

NOT TRYING TO HELP ANYBODY ELSE.
From me Netc. York tDetnJ
He T. running the 81 Iare-that Is % say, N eo
faith q with a Single view T. the VI iimae triumph
tn principles whi h lie uphods. lie is neither
stuffed Republican nor dummy Democrat in the prt
tn. canvass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

FINN me 1sr. iDrf VrfBbir
u rs plain ana modest ana M the same time drnilJ
ana ~hirWd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

NEN LIFIII NHT4D On IIL SITUATION
From me GFaDhtc lIidJ
G raj Butler never untu ~rcstfus. lie f. live
active think eng man, AMI at 10 time during he Prs
twenty has n discussed the existing pO itc sil
alton without shedding new hgnt upon 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-21

TIVU tn lFT I0FF TN NJ IITITfIUf IfTII
We iouchra the no able puinf fl me PfeIlrnth a.
exc uige officer, Hnd ~ tcsuDnH Bile OIY 10 ihll
ctttu Ion ~ the rvs which does not make frpth
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
Superstitions Of Stage People.

ACTORS are a superstitious set of
people, are they noS?"
yes, as q rule, l may say they are,
though the better class are no more
superstitious than members of other
professions. There is q vast deal of
superstition among the people of this
world, if you were only aware of it.
The actors are, in sense, public char
acters, and all Of their eccentricities
are readily discerned, talked about, and
magnified.'
You can't get an actor to commence
anything on Friday, can you? George
Knight told me that he would not pre-
sent new piece on that day, because,
if he was not superstitious himself, his
people would be influenced by their be-
lief in the unlucky day, and would not
be ut their best.
"Yes, that is all so. Actors are su-
perstitious about Friday. Another GU
hons notion is that the presence of O
fellow clarionet in the orchestra brings
bad luck. Many and many time in
my travels have / seen our manager
make some member of local band get
up and take his yellow clarionet from
the house. Few actors will walk under
ladder if they can help it, and great
many managers will not have cross
eyed man in their companies. When
we are travelling there is very notice
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
Advice i'm Brief.

AS health is wealth, according to the
average philosopher, and as every other
paper in the land has bad more or less
to say on this important subject, We
think it comes within the broad scope
of Puck to have little toot. In diff
fusing this knowledge broadcast over
this great free land, it must be under
stood that these careful observations
are not intended so much for the benefit
of the general practitioner as for the
average man who doesn't know how to
take care of himself:
Never snore.
Never begin dinner with pie.
Never sleep In your overshoes.
Never sleep on the floor in winter.
Never ride thin horse bare back
Never walk fifteen miles after break
fast.
Never carry barrel of potatoes on
your head.
Never put your feet in the fire to
warm them.
Never swallow your food before you
chew it.
Never jump out of the window for a
short cut.
Never drink more than you can carry
comfortably.
Never give a tramp your summer
clothing in the winter.
Never Jump more than ten feet to
catch a ferry-boat.
Never go to sleep at night with all
the windows open.
Never leave the gas turned on when
you retire at night-Puck.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
HUMOR.

III you wish to take care OF your
health, take air.
seven in death they had TO tie her
iasy mp" tearfully remarked Mime
apolis man when called in to look at
the body of his deceased wife, who lay
with bandage around her face.
In answer to his remark that she had
ventured away from home on bad day.
she said 1T does look like rain, but 1
brought my gossiper with me, and l
ordered John TO meet me at the station
with the phantom.
Is THIS your property asked the
District Attorney OF lady who had
been robbed OF some jeweiry, as he
handed her a watch chain. "Yes, 1T GER
tainly is mine" "But how do you iden-
tify it." "How do II BY having
A RATHER green looking young fellow
though he evidently lived in the city
went into dry goods store and
walked up to one of the lady clerks and
the following conversation occurred: Il
want to get four yards of wide ribbon
for girl" "All right, sir. What color
do YOU waut?" Il don't know. l just
want four yards of ribbon, that's all.
"l es, but we ought to give her some
color that will suit her. Is she blonde
or brunette ?" "She amt neither; she's
a hired girl. "-Eransuille Arga,s.
MOSES" ne called out to his son,
who sat reading the paper, "vhas war
coming in Europe?" "No. fadder; dot
vhas all settled oop." "Vhas der chol-
era coming?" mo, fadder." "Do you
read of sheep epidemic dot kills 'em
all off und brings under price OF WOOL"
No" "Vhas der cotton crop all bust
edo" mo, it vhas fne."' "vhas der
some more earthquakes, floods or
cyclones? "Not one." "Vhell, Moses,
it was all right just ter same We be-
gin tomorrow to mark up oil goods
twenty per shent on account OF der
SMALLPOX, which may kill off all der
peoples next winter !"-ET.
Ii the proposed plan of numbering
the hours from one to twenty-four is
adopted, it will sound funny to hear
such talk as this: "Here it is nearly
half-past nineteen! Yesterday night
it was twenty minutes past twenty-one
when you came home, and the night
before you never came near the house
till twenty-five minutes past twenty
three. This is got to stop. If you
can't get home at half-past thirteen or
a quarter to fourteen. I'll let you have
the house to yourself and go back to
mother. "-Rr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
A Minister'S Experience with Choirs.

Is art service? Does the exercise
of it in divine worship partake of the
spirit of the inspired counsel, "Whoso-
ever will be chief among you, let him
be your servant? This thrusting for
ward of personality of display does
not look like it. Once our alto asked
me, as / was entering the pulpit, whether
I had any objections to changing the
closing hymn, for she was expecting
some friends that evening, and they
could not come till late, and she wanted
to sing solo. And once, at a week
day funeral, our tenor crowded me even
to my embarrassment with a request
that he might be permitted to precede
the arrival of the train of mourners
with vocal piece in the gallery, for he
had Just heard that two members of the
music committee of another congrega-
ton would be present, and he wished
them to hear him, as he desired to Sc
cure the place of conductor there.
ARTS service, mark" But does it
take the place of the rest of the service
also? This entire discussion turns at
once upon the answer to the question
whether the choir, the organ, the tune
book, and the blower are for the sake
of helping Gods people worship Him,
or whether the public assemblies OF
Christians are for the sake of an artistic
regalement of listeners, the personal
exhibition of musicians, or the adver-
ment of pr OCCASIONAL soloists who are
competing for salary.
In our travels, some of us have seen
the old organ III a remote village of
Germany on the case of which are
carved in the ruggedness of Teutonic
characters three notices: if they could
be rendered from their terse poetry
into English they would do valiant
service in our times for all the singers
and PLAYERS together. Across the top
of the keyboard is this: "Thou play
est here not for thyself, thou playest
for the congregation; so the playing
should elevate the heart, should be sim
pie, earnest, and pure Across above
the right-hand row of stops is this:
"The organ-tone must ever be adapted
to the subject of the song; it Is for
thee, therefore, to read the hymn en-
tirely through so as to catch its true
spirit" Across above the left-hand
stops is this: "In order that thy play
ing shall not bring the singing into con-
fusion, it is becoming that thou listen
sometimes, and as thou nearest thou
wilt he likelier to play as Gods people
sing. THE ReU. DR.. Charles s. Rob
ilson in the Century.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
LincOIn's Perception.

President Lincoln was not scholar,
but he was q student of human nature,
and he knew men. A good illustration
Of the Presidents sagacity in dealing
with men is given in the following an
ecdote, published in "Blue and Gray
Jack Williams was brave sergeant
of a regiment which, undrilled and un-
disciplined. had joined the Army OF the
Potomac just rs the terrible campaign
of 1864 began.
Before the army reached Petersburg,
Jack commanded his company, the cap
tain and leutenants having been killed.
His gallantry was SO conspicuous that
he was recommended for captaincy In
the regular army.
Ordered before an examining board
at Washington, Jack presented himself,
dressed in soiled, torn uniform, with
bronzed face and uncut beard.
The trim, dapper officers composing
the board had never been under fire
nor roughed in the field, but they
were posted in tactics and in the theory
of war.
Though shocked at Jacks unsoldierly
appearance, they asked him all sorts OF
questions about engineering, mathemat-
les, ordnance and campaigns. Not
single question could Jack answer,
what is an echelon?" asked one of
the board.
Don't know" answered Jack.
What is an abatis 2"
Never saw one"
"A redan?"
"You fellows have got me again, re-
piled Jack.
well, what is q hollow square, sir ?"
Never heard of one before; guess
they don't have them down at the front,
do they?"
"What would you do, sir, if you were
in command of company, and cavalry
should charge on you?" asked lisping
fellow, in white kids.
"Do, you fool" Numbered Jack; Il
would give them Hail Columbia, that's
what I'd dol"
This ended the examination, and the
report of questions and answers, with
the adverse judgment of the board,
was sent to President Lincoln
His private secretary read the report
to him, and when he came to the only
answer that Jack had given, the Presi-
dent said:
stop read that over again"
"That's just the sort of men our army
want" said the President, taking the
report and dipping his pen in the ink
stand. On the back of the paper he
wrote in clear hand:
"Give this man a captains commits
sion. A. LINCOLN"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
$40 DaddYiSm.v

In that West, to which Horace Gree
ley advised young men to go when they
applied to him for counsel, there is lit
tie respect for mans ancestors. Those
self-reliant Westerners, each one of
whom has been the architect of his
own fortune, thoroughly believe in the
proverb, Every tub must stand upon
its own bottom"
Some years ago, a young man went
from Boston to Chicago, where he
sought situation as clerk. Meeting
with an elderly Bostonian, who was
passing through the city and knew him
well, he sought his aid. The gentle
man went in person to Chicago mer-
chant and highly recommended the
young man.
He belongs" said he, ito one of the
oldest of Boston families; his blood is
the bluest"
my dear sir" interrupted the mer-
chant, shat cock won't fight in this
city; there's no daddyism in Chicago"
1t was in wittier strain that Presi-
dent Lincoln rerlied to a German who,
during the war, applied TO him for an
officers commission. The President
was so pleased by the foreigners adj
dress and intelligence, that he promised
him lieutenant's commission in cav
airy regiment. The applicant was pro-
fuse in his expressions of gratitude,
and informed the President that he had
conferred favor upon a member of
one of the oldest OF the noble families
of Germany.
"Oh, never mind that" said old Abe,
with characteristic smile. you'll not
find that to be an obstacle to your pro-
motion if you behave yourself.
Youths Communion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
Hard on Young Actors.

Now it takes almost fortune to start
q theater, as it takes. almost a fortune
to start newspaper. Every great or
little star has his planetary company,
and frequently the repertoire!for the en-
tire year consists of but one play. BY
this means young actors have little OPP.
portunity to progress. Their time is
occupied not with studying new parts,
but with travelling from town to town,
from hamlet to hamlet, until all the
obscurest one-night places in the United
States are exhausted. This process is
continued from year to year, the actor
averaging one part each twelvemonth.
How paralyzed he becomes in that part J
How demoralized his system become,
by the broken days and nights, the in
terrupted sleep, the alteration Of eli
mate, the varieties of bad fare, which
incessant travel obliges him to endure.
-NeU York Hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
Healthfulness Of Fruit.

DR.. b. Z. Dunkley has made public
some interesting facts, derived from his
own experience, in regard to the health
fulness of fruit. When he first went to
the West, thirty years ago, no orchards
were there, and few vegetables were
raised. The diet of the people consist
ed of corn bread, bacon, and little
black coffee without sugar or cream.
Infammatory disorders, such as relate
to the lungs, brain, bowels, and heart,
prevailed in the winter, and were often
attended with fatal results. Malignant
dysentery, the pest of armies shut off
from fruit, afflicted many of the inhab-
itants in the summer and fall, and in
the spring it was not uncommon for
whole families to be sick with scurvy,
the disease so fatal with sailors on long
voyages before canning fruit was dis
covered. DIR. Dunkley told his scurvy-
stricken patients, to their great sur
prise. that their blood needed no medi-
cine other than vegetable acids, and he
ordered them to eat oranges, lemons,
and sheep sorrels. Now fruit and gar
den vegetables are abundant in the To-
cality, and the diseases are not of so
malignant type, and yield much more
readily to treatment When orchards
first began to bear, DIR. Dunkley noticed
that those children whose fathers had
planted apple trees, ate plentifully of
the fruit, both green and ripe. and en-
joyed most excellent health, while chill
dren living where no apple trees grew
were dying of fux.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
AFTER VICTOR HUGO.
a hog Fight ~ Viewed from an Heroic
Standpoint.

CHAPTER I.
What is bulldog?
1t is n monster that transforms itself
into machine. 1t is battering ram.
1t is the entrance of matter into liberty
1t is n mad mass with the bounds of
tiger, the stealthiness of a mouse, the
obstinacy of an OK, the unexpectedness
of the surf, the rapidity of lightning,
the deafness of the tomb. 1t weighs
forty or fifty pounds. yet it rebounds
like child's ball. It's attack is o wild
whirl abruptly cut at right angles.
The tempest ceases, the cyclone
passes, the wind falls, tho broken mast
ls replaced, the leak is stopped, the fire
dies out, but the bulldog never lets go.
He has more tenacity than Stockton
bill collector.
He is Old Tenacity itself.
CHAPTER H.
You can make mastiif hear reason,
astound the bull, fascinate the boar,
brighten the tiger, soften the lion, but
there is no way of outstanding the
bulldog.
You cannot kill him. He is dead,
and at the same time he lives. He
Lives with sinister life bestowed upon
him by Infinity.
CHAPTER III.
The dogs were let loose. Loose?
They were'let fast. There was cloud
fof sawdust, muffled roar, and Grip
had Tug by the throat.
Two dozen shouted Bravo"
One of the canaille recklessly threw
ibis hat into the air, and exclaimed:
Long live the republicl"
He was seized upon and thrown down
stairs.
The unfortunate man had committed
two offenses. He had broken the peace
of dog fight, and had insulted the
Democrats.
But still the dogs held on. Grip
tugged at Tug. Tug gripped at Grip.
The red blood dampened the sawdust
and smoked aggressively.
CHAPTER ".
"Do you believe in the devil, Chew
alier?' asked Mike Mccarthy of Mike
Mulrooney.
"Yes. No. Sometimes"
"In a tempest?"
NO"
In a dog fght?"
Yes; in moments like this.
"Then only the devil can save Tug!"
Tug writhed in the cast-iron grip like
soul in despair. A soul Strange
thing! You would not have thought
that bulldog had one-a soul full of
hatred, and that there was cunning in
that smoking, bristling, steaming mass
of dog flesh.
Neither would let go.
Suddenly noise was heard at the
door. Two Commissioners of Police
'entered with drawn clubs and cloves on
their breath.
The crowd fed terror-stricken before
the majesty of the law.
CHAPTER V.
A pebble may stop log; a tree
branch may turn the avalanche, and
the police can stop dog fight.
The Pygmy had taken the Thunder
bolt prisoner.
Mccarthy approached the first officer.
"Sir, you have saved my dogs life. I"
The old man resumed his impossible
attitude and did not reply.-Pen and
Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

able aversion to rooms in boats or
hotels numbered -, and some actors
will not travel in company composed
of thirteen people, nor ride from the
depot to the hotel in an omnibus with
thirteen passengers. / have travelled
in companies OF thirteen, and always
had the best of success when with
them. The more intelligent actors are
outgrowing these superstitions, but
they are handed down to them like all
stage traditions, and drilled into them
from childhood, 40 it is not strange ii
some of the old notions follow them
through life. "-Theatrical Manager,
an Marietta Leader.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
HASTE NOT-REsT NOT.
BY GOETHE.

without hastel without restl
pind the motto TO thy breastl
Bear IL with thee as spell:
Storm or sunshine, guard 10 WE'LL
Heed not flowers that round thee bloom
Bear II onward TO the tomb
Haste not let no thoughtless deed
Mark fCre'er thc spirits speed:
Ponder well and know the riaht;
Onward. then, with all thy might;
Haste nOt-years cen ne'er atone
For one reckless acton donel
Rest notl life l. sweeping by.
DO ana dare before you die:
Something mighty and sublime
Leave behind TO conquer time;
Glor ous It's % live for aye
When these forms have assed away!
Haste mott rest mott crlmly wait,
Meekly bear the storms OF fate.
Duty be thy polar gufdc-
Do the right, whate'er bctide!
Haste not--rcst not--confiicts past,
God shall crown thy work at last!
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
More Lucid than Poetry.

Walt Whitman says of his poems !;
"They proceed out of and revolve
around ones self, myself, an identity,
and declaredly make that self the nu-
cleus of the whole utterance.' This is
more lucid than his poetry, but not
much. Some OF the poems are only fit
to make the nucleus of kitchen fire.
Norristolcn Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

POSTAL cards were introduced by
Prof. Emanuel Herman, of Vienna.
They were first used in England, Ger
many and Switzerland in 1870, in Bel
gium and Denmark in 1871, and IN
Norway, Russia and the United States
in 1S72-73.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

In this world of ours there are peo-
pie who would make Just as much stir,
and do just as much good. and benefit
society just as much-and we don't
know but more-were they killed and
stuffed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
i /.

Dolls curiosity and fear were about
equal. He knelt down and put his
hand on Pops cold face; he tried to get
at his heart, but as he did so there was
that cry again, and he jumped back in a
fright.
How glad he was to see little fut-
hand pulling at it, and Pops eyes un-
close and shut again, and his old waist
coast give n great heavel
"Pop! Pop" cried Doll, bursting
into tears, please wake up-please do"
And then Pop really did try TO speak,
but his voice was very low and faint.
"Take this home first, Doll, he said ;
and he put the strange object he was
hugging into Dolls arms. take it
home and put it in your bed; be very
careful and then come back and help
me-"
Doll did as he was hidden. The
queer little thing struggled, and struck
him with its tiny fist, and kicked
against his beast with all its small
strength, but he did not let go; and,
after putting it on his cot, and tucking
IL up carefully, he FASTENED back to his
father. Pop was badly hurt, but with
Dolls help crawled home and got to
bed, meanwhile giving the boy direc-
tions what to do.
Doll must go over to Granny
Cranes and get the cents worth OF
milk which she always let them have
when they could afford the luxu-
~, and he was to warm few spoon
fnls and feed the baby. And he wasn't
to say word about il. It was a rule
among the rude people of the shore TO
say little about the wrecks in their
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

If you wish people to be kindly to-
ward you, you had better begin by be-
ing kindly toward them. The man who
scatters thorns had better not &C bare
foot.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21
Ill.

Years passed, and it was Christmas
Eve again and there was storm beat
ing on the coast, and rearing its angry
waves high upon the shore; again tho
old rafters shook. and the shutters rat
tied, and the door seemed about to
burst open; but it did not, for in place
OF the rusty latch was n good strong
bolt, and within was light and cheer
and comfort. A bright fire Of drift
wood leaped in clear flames, the floor
was covered with rag carpet, and all
about the chimney, and over the win.
dows, and half burrying the dresser,
with its row of shining platters, were
boughs and branches of spicy cedar.
In the big easy chair in the warmest
corner of the room sat an old man,
with mass of seine Irvine beside him,
netting; opposite him young man and
a boy were playing checkers; while q
young woman with pleasant face was
moving about to the tune she was hum
ming, alternately arranging the supper
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

In Mexico there are 100 Presbyterian
congregations, ten native preachers,
and two schools.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-02-21

THERE are 5000 ballet girls in Lon
don.