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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
A Story of a Chin.

An interesting story is told in con-
nection with the old State Prison at
Charlestown which shows how small and
insignificant thing may give liberty
to prisoner. A convict had been sent
committing series of burglaries, and
had served between three and four
years, when one day he brought a
small chip of wood from the shop
where he was engaged in labor to his
CELL This fact was not worthy of no.
tice at the moment. When, however,
the prisoner and others had marched
to their cells, he placed the chip in
such way as to prevent the bolt of
the door of his cell from fastening.
The officers on duty made their usual
inspection, saw each man in his cell,
and so reported.
After the inspection had been made
the convict in question opened his cell
door, closed it again, and passed quiet
ly out of side door into the yard.
In moment he had gained the shop
where he worked. Here he put on o
pair of overalls belonging to one of the
instructors employed by contractors,
and from there he got on the prison
wall, and entering one of the guard
houses he found an overcoat, which he
donned. He was now ready to bid
adieu to the prison. His movements
were in no way slow; for he knew that
at any moment his absence might be
noticed and the officers be upon his
track. Leaping from the wall the con-
vict was soon in the street and off "for
parts unknown"
At l o'clock, when the prisoners were
to return to the shop for the after
noon, the absence of the escaped man
was noticed, and although diligent
search was made and the usual reward
offered for his arrest the fellow was
never captured, but made his way to
Halifax, where to-day he is engaged in
a legitimate business.-Boston Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
A Scene ON the Plains.

One of the most startling and re.
mantle features of border life occurred
recently on the Wild Horse prairie,
thirty miles north of Los Angeles,
when a band of wild horses, under the
lead of noble sorrel stallion, came
galloping over the plain to reconnoiter
a company of surveyors engaged in
making survey of the tract. The
band dashed toward Capt Keller and
his party of surveyors till within about
500 feet, when the leader halted in q
grandly proud and defiant manner, with
neck curved, nostrils distended, erect,
and tail on dress parade, and all the
band ranged themselves on each side OF
him like a squad of cavalry in battle
charge. After surveying the scene for
a few moments, the leader galloped
proudly away, followed by the band in
the most graceful and dignified man.
ner. The scene was most romantic,
and the picture of the lordly leader,
with his most obedient subjects, in their
fleet and graceful motions. was worthy
of an artists pencil. There was an
other band of wild horses on the same
prairie, under the leadership of dark
mahogany bay stallion, with black
name, tail, and knees. In this band
there are two white horses, while the
rest are bay and sorrel mainly. Few
people are aware that at the northern
base of Sierra Madre, only tn rty miles
from this city, wild horses roam in their
native beauty, and crop the rich grasses
that grow on Wild Horse prairie. Yet
such is the fact, and their slick appear
ance and graceful motions are the adj
miration of all beholders.- IN
0eIeS (Cal.) Express.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
Flemish Social Life.

Our visit to this seaport of Belgium
was more socially successful than falls
to the lot of summer travellers. Flem-
ish life differs from the German in that
it is more permeated with French Gus
toms. Women of the higher classes
have certain chic which gives them
presence, a more definite personality
than falls to the fate of their well-born
German sisters. They converse more
spiritedly, and do not open their ewes
and look COMPOUNDED if q woman smokes
q cigaretts In their presence, as some
times happens when Russian or Mol
davian countess enters their social
world. At the Cercle d'Harmonie gar
den concerts, to which one is admitted
by card of invitation from the members.
they are not seen drinking beer at the
furious rate German hdltstrduen swal-
low that beverage in Munich and Vi
emma. They go to promenade in the
pretty, shadowy pathways, and show
their pretty Partisan toilets in the
"rond point where the orchestra kiosk
stands. They receive gracefully at their
private receptions, converse intelligent
ly, and are graceful, gay, and womanly.
Gentlemen prefer their own society
they belong to the heavy artillery order
of humanity-and it takes Clydesdale
team of brain power to move them; but
they can be moved to love or anger
with equal ferocity, so that, on the
whole, it is best to leave them alone
and admire their tall forms and fasci-
mating mustaches at distance.
Cologne, Germany, Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
COlOrS for the Wall.

The list of colors gwen by William
Norris as "tints fit to cover wall with"
are "a solid red, not very deep, but
rather describable as full pink, and
toned both with yellow and blue "a
very fine color, if you can hit it; "a
light orangy, yellowish brownie be
used rather sparingly; "A pale golden
tint that is, buff amber or yellowish
brown; "a pale copper color" "tints
of green, from pale and pure green to
grayish green;' ~tints of pale blue,
from a greenish one-the color of q
starlings egg-to gray ultramarine
blue" These colors are, of course,
for the grounds. The figures may be
in all the tints harmonizing with these
colors. and frightened with gold ira
ceries. american Queen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16


John b. Cough was q singer of comic
songs in New York before he became q
lecturer.
p. T. Barnum began his show life as
nm advertising agent for Turner's cir
Gus.
John H. Haverly was o tailor's ap-
prentice. He first went into the show
business with Cal Wagner's minstrels
David Garrick was the wealthiest
actor that ever lived; also, was most
honored.
columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,
is an English song; was changed from
britannia" to Columbia" and was
first sung in the United States by T..
Il. Davenport, an actor.
Baltimore has produced more actors
than any other city. Next is Phladel-
phia, and then comes Boston, and least
OF all is New York.
The oldest theater now standing in
this country is the one in Savannah.
The one ranking next is the Walnut
Street Theater ip Philadelphia.
The greatest slght-of-hand perform
ers were Jews - Hazlemyer, Hartz,
Heller, Jacobs, Philippe, Hermann. and
Adrian. Blitz, one of the most popu-
lar, was an Episcopalian.
Edwin Forrest was tumbler and
leaper in circus company.
John II. Scott was butcher boy.
Joe Jefferson painted scenes, as well
as acted, when young man. Salary,
$lS per week.
The Oldest actor living resides in St.
Louis-N. M. Ludlow, 81.
Charles r. Thorne, Edmond s. Con-
ner, Joe Proctor, Thomas Lyme, and
James f. Murdoch, are all over 20.
Macklin, the actor, played Shylock
at 80, and died at 105.
Lester Wallack was at one time an
officer in the English army, served in
India; born in 1919, and still plays
juvenile characters.
Ed Bingham used to keep cigar
shop on the corner of Montgomery and
Washington streets in 1859 Was also
soldier before he went on the stage.
Barney Williams set up ten-pins for
a livelihood when boy; his real name
was Bernard O'Flaherty; died worth
$400, 900.
Frank Mayo, real name Mcguire, was
waiter in restaurant in New York
City.
James f. Murdoch, George Jordan,
VIM. +. Burton, M. w. Leffingwell,
Artemus Ward Charlie BROWN, J. IL.
McVicker were printers.
Lawrence Barrett was q bell-boy in a
hotel in Detroit.
Charles Wheatleigh, Edmond S. Con-
ner, James M. Scott were tailors.
John Collins was a cook in Dublin.
Joe Wheelock and James T.. Garden
we're sailors before the mast.
A. III. Davenport Dolly was a jew
eler's clerk, then studied law with
Daniel l.. Sickles, was admitted to the
bar in New York.
Edmund Kean (real name Carey,
Dion Boucicault, Tyrone Power, Gus
tavus V. Brooke and John p. Kemble
were all strolling players.
Mexican Buchanan was q sugar
broker in New Orleans.
Joe Emmett was a house and sign
painter. before he became an actor, in
st. Louis.
Tom Mcguire was hack-driver in
New York.
The elder Charles Matthews was a
driver for London cabman before GO
ing on the stage as an actor.-Balti-
more Am eY.icn,l
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16

MAN, according to Mr.. w. J. Knowles,
must have taken up his residence in
Ireland at a very early stage in the his
tory of the world. Mr.. Knowles has
discovered fints at Lane and other
places on the northeast coast of that
country, some Ct which he believes
show evident traces of human work
manship. One large clipped imple-
ment was found in what appeared to
be true undisturbed bowlder clay.
There are other tools which Mr..
Knowles has in his possession which
seem to indicate that man has lived in
Ireland long before the paleolithic pc
Rod, during, in fact, the glacial epoch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
The Polite Stranger and the Architect.

"Ah, good morning" said the polite
stranger. II hope 1 do not interrupt
you, but would like to call your at
tention for just q mo-"
Haven't time to look at you min
ute," said the young architect, snap
pishly; "this is my busy day. Good
morning."
"But 1 just want you To-"
Haven't time; haven't dollar;
haven't a cent in the office; don't want
any book, pencil-holder, knife-sharp-
ener, pen-wiper-dop't want nothing
won't buy it if you talked to me for
week. Get out"
But" persisted the stranger, pleas
antly; II don't want you to buy it; I
don't want to sell it; I
"Tell you won't look at it," roared
the architect, "and won't be bothered;
I'm carrying all the insurance 1 can,
and want to get rid of that; don't
want to get in on the ground floor with
any land company in America. don't
want chance in the Blackleg Equi-
table Distribution, and don't want:you
around here any longer. Slide off"
"But you see," said the stranger,
oAihihBt Il Ohil Nohe - hiOihCAt vi JOhl
time to show you"
Don't want to see it, and / won't see
it." shrieked the exasperated architect.
II don't want any perpetual calendar.
for don't expect to live more than q
thousand years; don't want any ready
interest reckoner, because the other
man reckons the interest and / pay it;
don't want any patent sleeve-buttons,
necktie- fasteners, blotting-pads, letter.
books, bill-files, binders, or eyelet-
punches. You fly down them stairs or
I'll punch your headl"
Then the stranger got mad. Look
here" he said, I've had enough of
your lip. I've got little capias on you
right here that wanted to show you
Misit 81 Wrinkle, fashionable tailors,
$119.27-now you come right over to
Squire Holdfast's Office and look at il
or you'll get into grief" \
The busy architect said he could
spare him about an hour and half if
he had such useful novelty as that 10
show him. Why didn't he say so be-
fore. And SO they went over to look at
it-Louisrillc Co,rier-Jour7sal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16

How will look when am dead2
I've wondered u hundred times and more
When the sheet il drawn MP over my head
And Grape disfgures tho outer door,
VIII my cheeks seem thin and my lips turn blue.
And a general strangeness shadow my facef
VIII they dress me Ia white, with ribbon or
two,
And fasten rose In the folds of lace2
What will they say when am dead2
Poor thing. poor thing, she Is better orr
The stoop In her shoulders"-"The hectic red
we knew that horrible, hacking cough!"
How NATURAL and How waxen- pure!"
But passing sad that the young should die
Ifthey say this last. and hear, am sure
shall long TO rise and give them the lie.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16

THE arcte regions are not without
their pleasures. The Esquimaux girls
are very pretty, dance, sing. and do
not care for ice cream. Hot drinks and
walrus blrbber are their peculiar vani-
ties, and sealskin sacques are sold at
two iron hoops and tenpenny nail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16

The memory ought TO be q store
room; many turn theirs, rather, to q
lumber-room. Even stores grow moldy,
aud spoil. unless aired and used be-
times, and then they, too, become lum-
ber.-J. C.. Hare.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16

IT is well said that there is one miti-
cation to our grief. The girl can't wear
q Jersey and Mother Hubbard at the
same time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16

In the United States $4,000 per-
sons are engaged in carp culture.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
Mel, and Women.

When a woman becomes Hurried she
feels for a fan; when = man becomes
Hurried he feels for cigar.
Women jump at conclusions and
generally hit; men reason things but
logically and generally miss it.
Women always show by their actions
that they enjoy going to church; men
are less demonstrative.
Some women can't pass q millinery
store with out looking in; some men
can't pass saloon without going in.
A woman never sees baby without
waning to run to it; a man never sees
q baby without wanting to run from it.
Women love admiration, appro bation,
adulation, self-immolation on the part
of others, and are often weak, vain and
frivolous. Ditto men.
A woman always carries her purse
in her hand, so that other women will
see it; man carries his in his inside
pocket, so that his wife won't see it.
A man of fashion hates the rain be-
cause it deranges the set of his panta-
looms; a woman of fashion hates it be-
cause it derang her complexion.
When a woman wants to repair dam
ages she uses pin; when man wants
to repair damages he spends two hours
and a half trying to thread needle.
AwOman can sit in a lheater for three
hours without getting all cramped up,
catching the toothache, or becoming
faint for want of fresh air; man can t.
When woman is asked by fond lover
rher heart and hand and says NO."
she don't always mean it; when a man
is asked by a jovial friend to take some
thing and SAYS ''No,' he don't always
mean it, either Philadelphia Call.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
Stage Kisses.

Nobody on the stage said an old
actress who used to be :, reigning star
many wears ago, neither man nor wo-
man, kisses from cioice. At least. ]
have never known it to be so. 1t is not
q pleasant operation, no matter how
much the people might like one another.
They are covered with p int, grease,
and powder, and often with perspira,
ton, for kissing is the usual w;nu-ur
to some exciting and passionate scene,
and the contact OF the two faces, OF
even the lips, is usually unpleasant.
Any sort OF an actor or actress, if they
know anything Of their art, can simu-
late kissing quite as effectively as if til.
kiss were real. No matter how much
one is excited by the scene, kiss in
variably spoils the glamour of the act,
ress 1t dispels the illusion and brings
one back to earth. On that ground
alone ! always objected to being kissed
on the stage, even beyond the paint
and grease idea. Actresses y no con-
sent to be kissed on the stage must
want to be kissed very badly-that's
my experience. y
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
How a Pig Made q President.

A pig once made Andrew jackson
President: It appears that away back
in the early dawn OF the nineteenth CEN
fury, Mr.. omeoody's pig smelt Gao
bage in neighbours garden-he rooted
through the fence and demoralized said
garden the garden owner sued the
pigs proprietor-James Burrill was the
prosecuting attorney-the prosecuting
attorney was q candidate for the United
States Senate-the Senator was chosen
by the State Legislature in that body
there was q tie, occasioned by the abb
sence of one of Burrili's party, who
staid away on account of lawsuit afore-
said the said tie was unravelled by
the casting vote of the spesker in favor
OF Burrills opponent, Jeremiah B.
acknowledgements voted for war, which
James would not have done-the war
was made by q majority Of one in the
national Senate--tnat war made Gem
eral jackson popular-that popularity
gave Jackson the presidency. Boston
Globe.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
Leaving Out the Joke.

Some people are bright enough to en-
JOY good joke, but do not have reten-
tive memories so as to be able to repeat
it to others. Failures of this kind are
sometimes very ludicrous. We give
some good specimens. The most
famous of this class was the college
Professor who, on parting with a stu
dent that had called on him, noticed
that he had a new coat, and remarked
that it was too short. The student,
with an air of resignation, replied: 1T
will be long enough before get anoth-
En-" The Professor enjoyed the joke
heartily, and, going to a meeting of the
college Faculty just afterwards, he en-
tered the room in great glee and said:
young Sharp got off such a joke just
now: He called on me little while
ago, and as he was leaving I noticed
his new coat, and told him it was too
short, and he said, 1T will be a long
time before get another" No one
laughed, and the Professor, SOLDERING
down, remarked: 1T doesn't seem so
funny as when he said it.
A red-haired lady. who was ambi-
tious OF literary distinction, found but
poor sale for her book. A gentleman,
in speaking of her disappointment, said:
''Her hair is red (read) ii her, book is
not" An auditor, in attempting to re-
late the joke elsewhere, said: ''She
has red hair, if her book HASN'T
The most unfortunate attempt at
reproducing another's wit was made by
an Englishman who didn't understand
the pun, but judged from the applause
with which it was greeted that it must
be excellent. During dinner at which
he was q guest waiter let a boiled
tongue slip off the plate on which he
was bearing it, and it fell on the table.
The host at once apologized for the
mishap as a lapsus liaguae (slip OF the
tongue). The joke was the best thing
at the dinner, and our friend concluded
to bring it up at his own table. He ac-
cordingly invited his company, snd in
strucled his servant to let fall a roast
OF beef as he was bringing it to the ia
bic. When the accident occurred
ne exclaimed, ''That's lapsus lin
guue." Nobody laughed, and ne said
again, II say that's a lapsus h,aguue,"
and sill no Que laughed. A screw was
loose somewhere, SO he tod about the
TONGUE falling, and they did laugh.
''Why is this said waiter, holding
up a common kitchen ulensil, ''more
remarkable than Napoleon Bonaparte?
Because Napoleon was great man,
but this is a CRATER When the funny
man reproduced it in his circle. he ask
ed the question right, but answered it,
Because Napoleon was a great man,
but this is q nutmeg-grater.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
The Wand of Progress in the South.

The South! 1t is spoken as f1ippantly
as you might speak Of little pocket
borough like-well, like Rhode island.
1t is a vast empire. Steam, cracking
its cheeks for power and speed to bear
you from New York to the southern
most boundaries OF that empire, can
barely do it in a little less than week,
and by latjtudinal rails you cannot
cross it in less than four nights and
three days. All the petty Kingdoms of
Europe might be slowed away in it and
their presence be hardly known. New
York and New England might be hid
den in it so etfectualiy as to require an
explorer to find them. 1t could be
made to produce enough food and cot
ton to feed and clothe the entire IA, OOO,-
600, 900 inhabitants of the globe. 1t is
an undeveloped empire. But the wand
of progress has been waved over it, and
the generous soil is beginning to yield
its fruits, and cities are rising on the
cotton fields. Steel, rolled out in The
form OF rails, is doing the great work of
developing this immense territory. and
to steam the resident population look
for the untold wealth that the future
has in store for them and the millions
who will come after them. Gigantic
railroad enterprises have been project
ed, and the sagacious tinanciers who
are to lay the rails are preparing to di-
vert the hosts of immigration from their
march to the great Northwest. South
ern railroad companies, as well as
Northern, are about to employ resident
agents in Europe to point out the invi-
tingness of the balmy, fruitful South.
Norfolk's almost incompatible harbor
offers easy access to the army of immi-
grants that will yet cut up the Old Do
minion's thousand-acre farms and
make Virginia rich, and the steel rail
from Norfolk will carry another army
of immigrants Westward and South
ward.-New York Sun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-02-13
Controlling Temper.

Evenness Of temper, which gives I'M
rufhed serenity, is perhaps one of the
greatest natural blessings one can en-
Joy. The ancient philosophers regard
ed it as the triumph of their systems to
educate person to maintain perfect
balance of temper. No matter what
came, calm, unruffled exterior and
an undisturbed mind were regarded as
worthy life time of discipline. And
this was correct. Nothing so disturbs
the peace of families, the order of So
ciety, the security OF person and life,
as ebullitions of temper. From the
child up the presence of an ungovern-
able temper is an affection. and often
causes the ruin of persons. Most crimes
proceed from unbalanced tempers.
Flaming passion and brute vengeance
go together. And where, in early life
violence of temper goes unchecked,
there is danger that future years will
be filed with trouble and sorrow.
Hence no subject can be more impor-
tant to parents than the education of
their children along this line.
Many children are born with pro-
pensities to violence. If phrenology is
true. the developments of their skulls
show that their normal tendencies are
in the direction of violence. MANY
parents sit helpless in the presence of
the outburst Of passion from such chill
dren, and leave the propensity to grow
and strengthen with advancing years.
Others seek to outcome it by brute
force, and either render the child stu
pid, or destroy its native force of char
acter. The real problem is to so man
age it as to learn it seif-control. OF
course no fixed rule can be given for
this. The treatment must depend
largely on the peculiarities of the child.
But tirmness without passion and even
ness without weakness are essential in
dealing with such children. Reason,
moral sense and self-control must be
cultivated. Sclf-control is a quality
that cannot be impaired by brute force
is the most important element of home
education.
And in this, example is of great
value. Self-control cannot be taught
by passionate parents. The example
is more potent than the precept. Chill
dren are shrewd students of human
nature, and If the precept is belied in
the practice they are quick to see it.
Hence, self-control must be exercised
in order to impart effective teaching on
the subject, and where exercised and
taught is the source of much comfort of
well-ordered home. Were the eff
.fects of i'll temper properly considered,
the Importance of the subject would be
fI1I1v admitted of tho cr,n,ino clo oeoc
be considered. and we find that an un-
alanced temper is the source of much
Of their trouble. Impulses of covetous-
ness. or malice, or anger, account for
the bulk of human crime. Could the
cause be eliminated, the result would
be greatly lessened. Ungoverned tenn
per, as much as rum, accounts for
thronged prisons, and filled aimshouses
and desolated homes. The evil rami-
ties society and produces crime.