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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
The Art OF Oiling Shoes.

A one-armed bootblack having taken
the contract to oil the shoes of a re-
porter, after the preliminary brushing
began rubbing the leather with a wet
cloth. When asked what it was for, he
explained: when / began this bust
ness" said the operator, pausing a mo-
ment to cast an admiring glance at the
high, aristocratic arch of the news
gatherers insteP used to keep on rub
bing the oil into the leather until man
told me to stop. thought they'd know
when they had enough, and 1 wanted to
give satisfaction. Some of my custom
ers complained that the oil soaked
through their boots and saturated their
socks. L thought perhaps had been
putting on too much oil, but the same
fault was found In several cases where
i had been more careful. Finally an
old shoemaker whom 4 knew came
along, and asked him what ought to
do to save my trade. He told me never
to oil shoe until / had wet it first.
The reas. A was that the water would
penetrate the leather, and, remaining
there, keep the oil from soaking
through. Besides the water would
bOlteh TIE IeablleT uuu OpeH'lI 30 tnhJ
the oil would do the leather more good.
My trade has prospered eyer since.
al was oiling q man up one day and
he asked me the same question you did.
When L explained the reason, he said
that was on the same principle as that
of painting kerosene oil barrels. / told
him l thought they were painted blue
Just TO look nice. He said it was to
prevent the barrels from leaking. Dur
ing long voyage or long journey bv
rail, sometimes half q barrel of oil
would leak through the pores of the
wood and evaporate. So some sharp
fellow began to study some way of pre-
venting such loss. He first painted the
barrel blue on the outside and then
filled it with water and allowed 1t to
stand until it soaked up all il would.
Then the oil Was put in. The water
kept the oil from soaking in the wood,
and the paint on the outside kept the
water from coming out He got pat
.ent on his discovery, and now he sits in
his Office and draws his royalty OF one
cent on every barrel made to hold kerr
.osene oil for shipment. He's got a
mighty soft thing on oil barrels g.
Kf31 Yo3-E MnG
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
Malaria Attitudes.

While malaria belongs chiefly to low
lying districts, it may, under favorable
conditions, exist at great elevations.
On the Tuscan Apennines it is found
j, 100 feet above the sea-level; on the
Pyrenees and Mexican Cordilleras,
5000 feet; on the Himalayas, 6,400
feet; on the island of Ceylon, $500
feet; and on the Andes, 1l,000 feet.
Under ordinary circumstances, how
ever, cert in moderate altitude affords
immunity from malaria. The elevation
of entire security is not positively
known, but it has been Appropriated
as follows: In Italy, 400 to 500 feet I;
in California, 1000 feet; in the Appa-
lachian Mountains of the United States,
1900 feet; in the West Indies, 1,400 to
1890 feet; in India, 1000 feet. In any
Of these regions malaria may drift up
rcHines to an indefinite height.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
When on the High seas,

On the rail, on q steamboat. aboard . fishing
smack. or yachting on the coast, Hostetter's
stomach Bitters will he found reliable means
of averting and relieving ailments to which
travellers, mariners, and emigrants are peculiarly
subject. Sea captains, ship doctors, voyagers,
sojourners in the tropics. and all about to en-
counter unacclimated, and unaccustomed or
dangerous climate. should not neglect TO avail
themselves OF this safeguard Of well asccrtained
and long-tried merit. Constipation, bilious
ness. malarhal fevers indigestion, rheumatism.
and affections OF the bladder and kidneys are
among the ailments which IL eradicates. and 1t
may be resortcd to not only with confidence in
Its remedial efficacy, but also In it's perfect Tree
dom from every object onable ingredient, since
it IL derived from the pufest and most sslutary
sources. IL counteracts the effects Of unwhole-
some food and winter
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

Yarroo NJ. Neesan, the Persian, who
is studying for missionary service in
this country, says:
"There are only three newspapers in
Persia. The women are uneducated
LIN village of 500 inhabitants, in which
1 once lived, man began to teach his
wife her letters. The neighbors jeered
at him on the streets, and went and re-
viled the woman's parents, telling them
that their daughter was being made q
LAWYER. The nuisance became so in
toieralle that the parents finally had
to take the wife away. They did not
allow her to go back to her husband
until he had signed a contract pledging
himself not to interest himself any fur
ther Sn her intellectual development. I"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
One Man Counted as Ten.

Bishop Burnett relates a curious cir
cumstance respecting the original pas
sage of that important statute, the
habeas- act. at was carried"
he says, "by an odd artifce in the
House of Lords. Lord Grey and Lord
Norris were named to be the tellers.
Lord Norris, being a man subject to
vapors, was not at all times attentive to
what he was doing; so, a very fat Lord
coming in, Lord Grey counted him for
ten, as jest at first, but, seeing Lord
Norris had not observed it, he went on
with this misreekoning of ten; so it was
reported to the House, and declared
that they who were for the bill were the
majority, though it indeed went on the
other side, and 10y this means the bill
fnesnd
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
The Coming NOyeIists.

The coming novelists will realize the
necessity for change OF sentiment and
manner of expression. They will not
fll their pages with philosophy, for it
will be as much out of place ~ ro-
nance in a sermon, or frivolity in a
treatise on the Bible; but they will
make them pleasant reading for leisure
hours. with perhaps suggestion to
higher thoughts than mere mental
amusement. American society will be
pictured as it is in America, and not as
the writer thinks it is in Europe. There
will be novels wherein the unsightly
scars that distigure society shall not be
too boldly disclosed, nor yet too ten
derby covered over, and where luxury is
not the one thing needful, nor yet to be
utterly despised Cleveland Leader.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

In region Of such great prosperity
and wealth we scarcely knew what to
make of O cluster of novels by the
roadside within sight of the slender
spires of Stralsund. They were built
like gypsy huts, dug out OF the hillside
and rooted with turf. A half-dozen
ragged children were playing with q
large dog-cart, and the great, ugly
beast accustomed to draw the vehicle
growled from his turf kennel as we
passed. Our driver, whose local pride
was shocked at the sight of this wretch
ed camp. fastened to explain that tho
people were nothing but Schleswigers,
road-builders by trade, who were en-
gagged to break stones to repair the
chaussee. A little further on we came
upon score of these people at work.
For fully a mile ahead of us there was
a pile of stone-heaps along the road,
and the stone-breakers were energet-
ically hammering their way through
this mass of fiinty field stones. Shell
tered from the sun by rude awnings of
mating, young girls, bright-eyed and
ruddy-cheeked, pounded away with
heavy hammers on the large fragments
split the stones. Children and old
women broke the pieces still smaller
and piled them in regular heaps. There
was something coquettish in the dress
of the young girls, which was suite out
of harmony with their occupation. A
bright handkerchief wound urban
like around the head set off the deep
brown Of their faces, and gave a soft
ness to the weather-roughened skin.
A bodice of strong cloth fitted closely
to the plump figure, and short petit
coat was girded closely to the legs,
showing bronzed feet and ankles, we'll
modelled and graceful, though neither
small nor soft. Chatting merrily as
they hammered, they were the picture
of health and contentment. Their
hands, somewhat protected from the
rough stones by flaps of thick leather,
showed to what coarse and rude oc-
cupation their lives had been devoted,
for they were as hard and knotted as
those of the men, their fellow-laborers.
Here was life-work for a woman =
welding a heavy sledge-hammer all
day long, lifting and handling rough
stones from the time she has eaten her
black bread and raw onions in the
morning until she retires to the straw
heap in the mud hut at night. Why
women should be engaged in such con-
vict labor in country where prosper
ity is the rule was problem which we
we're unable to solve. We found out,
after chat with them, that the Schles-
wigers are famous for their skill in
BODYBUILDING, and are sought for the
country over to repair the chaussees.
They said smart stone-breaker could
earn forty marks week about ten
dollars).
aft the men didn't spend all they
earn in spree every day, we'd be well
off," grumbled an old woman, whose
face was the texture of dried fig, and
her hands all gnarled and calloused
like some strange animals claws. 1T
is free life, wandering wherever work
calls us, and we should be able to live
at our ease in the winter but for the
money that goes for schnapps. IF
d. Millet, IN Ha,per's Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
The Cats Tail

Appropriate to the present rage for
deoollete dresses among ladies is the
following anecdote related of President
Lincoln: One evening Mrs. Lincoln
swept with magnificent dress into the
library where the President was wait
ing to escort her into the brilliant re-
ception parlor. Her dress was com
posed of a very long train, but cut low
at the neck Lincoln was standing with
his back toward the fire when his wife
entered ~Whewl" said old Abe. "what
a long tail our cat has tonight"
Mrs. Lincoln made no answer, and
She President continued, Say, moth
er, don't you think il would be better
If some of our eats tail was around her
neck ?"-Brooklyn Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

Gen. John ID. Imboden, whose bat
terry bore the brunt of the artillery
charge at Bull Run, relates some Of the
incidents of the battle, in the Century,
from which we take the following:
Several other batteries soon came into
line, so that by the time Griffin and
Ricketts, were in position near the Hen
nv House, we had, as now remember,
twenty-six fresh guns ready for them.
1.-The fighting was renewed, and was
terrific. Jackson ordered me to go
from battery to battery and see that the
guns were properly aimed and the fuses
cut the right length. This was the
work Of but few minutes. On return
ing to the left of the line of guns, I
stopped to ask Gen. Jackson's Permis-
sion to rejoin my battery. The fight
was Just then hot enough to make him
feel we'll His eyes fairly blazed. He
had way Of thr2Wing up his left hand
with the open palm toward the person
he was addressing. He threw up his
hand as he told ne to 60, The air was
full of flying missiles, and as he spoke
he jerked down his hand, and l saw
the blood was streaming from it. ex-
claimed, General, You are wounded.
He replied, as he drew a handkerchief
from his breast pocket, and began to
bind it up, Only n Scratch mere
scratch, and galloped away along his
line.
"Gen. Jackson's wound, received I'M
der the circumstances / have described,
became very serious when inhamma-
ton set in. On hearing, three days
after the fight, that he was suffering
with it, rode to his quarters, in lit
tie farm house near Centerville. Al
though it was barely sunrise, he was
out under the trees, bathing the hand
with spring water. TWAS much swol-
len and very painful, but he bore him
self stoically. His wife and baby had
arrived the night before. His little
daughter Julia was still in long dresses,
and / remember tossing her, to her
great delight, while breakfast was be-
ing made ready on rude table under
the trees. Of course, the battle was
the only topic distressed at breakfast.
/ remarked in Mrs. Jacllson's hearing,
General, how is it that you can keep SC
cool. and appear so utterly insensible
to danger in such storm of shell and
bullets as rained about you when your
hand was hitY He instantly became
grave and reverential in his manner,
and answered in low tone of grea.
earnestness: Captain. my religious
belief teaches me to feel as safe in bat
tie as in bed. God has fixed the time
for my death. do not concern myselt
about that, but to be always ready, nc
matter when it may overtakc me- He
added, after pause, looking me full
in the face: Captain. that is the way
oil men should live, and then all mer
would be equally brave
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
The Care Of Children.

Boston, MASS. "A leading medical
journal thinks it is about time mothers
should know how seriously the health of
children is imperiled by the use of prepa-
rations containing morphia and opium, and
given for the cure of colds and coughs. The
chemist of the Brooklyn Board of Health,
O;tp Grothe. Phi. D., graduate of the Uni
versity of Kiel, Germany, certifies officially
that recently harmless and yet effective
article for such complaints has come to his
notice. He refers TO the newly discovered
Red Star Cough Cure, which he found
purelv ye lctable.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

The immense crowd waited patiently
for hours. Then came the first low,
dull, sonorous stroke of the long-silent
bell. Instantly every hat was removed.
and the change from sea OF hats to .
sea of heads was most magical. The
English crowd stood, while that bell
tolled, with uncovered heads, token
of respect for the uncrowned monarch
who lay dead beyond the ocean.-De-
tj.Oit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
With Uncovered Heads.

The most wonderful txansformatioA
scene / ever saw in the matter of hats
was GA Fleet street, London, alter
President Garfield's death. 1t became
known that the Queen had ordered the
great bell of st. Paulis to be tolled, an
honor never before accorded except to
the memory of an English sovereign.
Fleet street and Floodgate Hill were
one mess of hats-tall. black. glisten-
ing hats. All traffic was suspended.
The old phrase. "a sea of hats" was
most apt To this scene, and this WA lit
orally the Black Sea. p obabiy no one
in the thousands there had ever heard
the mournful sound of that great bell
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

AN afmfnOVeu Iend-neaded Nall Tor use
in putting on corrugated iron noofs has
made lis appearance in the market. The
shank of the nail is round, and suffi-
GENTLY sharp at the point to enter the
wood readily. and may be driven home
in the usual way. The head fattens
under the blows Of the hammer. or a
punch may be used which will give 1t q
eonical head. The lead of the head
comes in contact With the sheet-iron GA
such way as to lessen the chance at
Leaking.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

A CANDIDATE for Parliamentary hon
ors mentioned somebody rs Shylock,
and an auditor asked who Skylock was.
~If you dent know" the orator scorn-
fully replied, you'd better GO home
aud read the Bible"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

- DISEASE or 30 delicn:e n nature
az structure of the urcthra, should only be In
trusted TO those of large experience and skill.
by our ilnprosc ed methods we have been
enabled to speedily and permanently euro
hundreds OF the worst cases. Pamphlet, ref
crencef. and terms, three letter stamps.
worlds Dispenssry Medical Association, s63
Main street. Buffalo, N. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
Put up" AZ the Gauit House.

The business man or tourist will find first
class accommodations at the low price of az
and g.. so per day at the Gault House, Chica-
go, corner Clinton and Madison streets. This
far-famed hotel is located in the center of the
city, only one block from the Union Depot.
Elevator; all appointments irst-class.
HOYT AZ GATES ProDriefors
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

He was informed that q lady called
to see him in his absence. "A lady =
he unused aloud; "a lady," Upon an
aecusate description he suddenly
Frightened up, and added, "Oh, dot
vas NO lady; dot vas my vife."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

II has been said; but, when u woman 10
drsggcd down, emaeiated. wan, and shadow
or her former self, with never cheerful
word, she can be no longer beautiful or Iowa
BILE. Nature may hsve been gencro 10 I'm her
gifts, and endowed her with all tho charms OF
her sex, but disease has crept In unaw ares
and stolen the roses from her cheeks, he
luster from her eye, and the sunshine rom
her heart. But TO he well again lies in your
own power. Take Dr. Pierces 'Fayoritc
Prescription" IL will cure you; thousands
have been cured by 1t. Nothing equals u for
all the painful inaladies ana weaknesses pc
culiar 20 women. iricc reduced to one dollar.
By druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

IT is probable that there never was n
dentist so amiable of disposition but.
if any one vent to buy his wares, DO
would show his teeth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
TO tai

IL IL Dangerous to tanner with irrh
taxing liquids and exciting snuffs. Use Ely's
Cream Balm. which l. safe and pleasant anu
is easily applied with the finger. Ii cures the
worst case Of Ga arrh, Cold In the Head and
Hay Fever, giving relief from the trst A. pl-
cat on. Ali druggists have 1t. Price 50 cents
By mail 90 cents. Ely Bros, Owe2o. N. y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

THE great diaphoretie ana anodync, for
colds, levers. and inGammatory alta; ks. Is
DIR. Pierce's Compound Extract OF Smart
Weed; also, cures colo, cramps, cholera NOR.
bus, diarrhna, and dysentery, or bloody lux.
Only 80 cents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

TIE jackass would not hide his ears II he
could. He thinks they look well enough
Nep ORLEANS Picavunc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

He that is familiar with curtain lectures
may not advocate stage effects, but he Is
certainly in favor OF the drop curtain
YOnlscrs Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

As Cure for Sore Throat and Coughs,
" Bro,Dn's Bronchial TrOchcs" have been
thoroughly tested, and maintain their good
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02
Important

When you visit or leave New York Oty,
save Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire. and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel. opposite Grand
Central Depot: GOO elegant rooms fitted up at a
cost OF one million dollars. reduced 10 81 and
upwards per day. European plan. Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with tho best Horse cabs.
stage and elevated railroad 10 all depots Fami-
lies can live better for less money at the Grand
Union than at any first-claes hotel in the city
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

WEALTH is a weak anchor, and glory
cannot support maD.--Pyfhagoras.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

4 have been bothered with catarrh for
about twenty years. 1 could not tell how
many different remedies i have tried. and
none seemed 10 reach my case like Ely s
Cream Balm. / had lost my smell entir ~
for the last fifteen years, and i had almost
lost my hearing. My eyes were getting 80
dim l had to get some one TO thread my
needle. Now have my hearing as W ell as
ever had. and / can gee to thread as fine a
needle as ever did, and my smell Is PARTY re
stored, and IL seems to be IMPROVING all the
time. 1 think there is nothing like Ely's
Cream Rai m for Catarrh.-Mrs. T.. Il. Grimes
81 Valley street. kcndril. Perry Co., Ohio.
FoH DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION. depression oil
spirits, and general debility in their various
forms; also, as preventive against fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers. the
" Fcrro-Phos phorated Elixir OF Caisaya"
made 10y Caswell, Hazard & Co., of New ork.
and sold by all druggists, is the lost tonic
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness II has no eouai.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

CARE may kill q cat, but booths ck sent
with proper precision is more speedy in its
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

Don't undertake 10 kiss q FURIOUS woman;
risk not a smack N storm
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

New York Cor. American Rurrl Homel
Chap. /. .'Has Malaria goes to Florida.
Chap. III. "Overworked;" goes TO Europe.
Chap. III. "Has Rhcumatism;" goes TO
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-21
THE FIRE COMPANY MUST liE SUS.
TANNED.

The people of Haley cannot afford
to permit their fire company to dis
band. That organization is now pro-
sidcd with buckets, ladders, a cart
and hose. 1t is also in good working
order, and can do effective work on
occasion. All it needs is house to
keep the apparatus, and for its meet
,ngs. This will cost about $3.50, of
which the company will assume $50.
The BALANCE must be raised, and at
once.
At the meeting last night, a com
mittec. composed of w. I. Riley,
Homer l.. Pound and P. NJ. Bruner,
was appointed to confer with the citi-
zens, ascertain their views, and report
at meetiag to be held Thursday OF
this week That committee should be
enabled to make favorable report.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-04-21
THE COUNTY SHOULD HELP.

The courthouse and county records
are of more value to the taxpayers at
large, and have cost ten times more
than all the other property in HALEY;
vet the county has never contributed
one cent toward the purchase of appa
ratus or the maintenance of ire com
pany in HALEY.
The fire boys have already twice
saved the county archives, and once
at the cost of tremendous exeItion.
We all remember how, during the big
fire, in September, 'S3, Byrnesey,
butts, Matt, and other fire akies :,
stood in the gutter in from; of the then
courthouse, with tin pals, and on y
succeeded in saving that structure at
the risk Of their lives. Yes, at the
risk of their lives! AS they stood in
the gutter, THY would tM'ow o1c CT
two pailfuls OF water against the
Threatened treasures. then throw Il
pailful ut each other, to prevent their
smoking clothes from catching fire.
The heat from the al jacent burning
buildings was SO intense that it was
,desmed impossible to even get to
these men; yet there they stood, like
an oasis in a desert-but desert OF
flame and heat that was Il real, perfec,
hell! Beg pardon! but it is true
There they remained, alternating
their throws al the courthouse and al
each other, until terrific outburst OF
cheers proclaimed to the assembled
thronss that the lire-thank goodness
had been got the best Of, and the
records were safe. Then the akies
to save their clothes from burning, re
peated an operation they had fire
,quen,ly resorted to during the pro
gress of the FIRE, to-wit: THEY
If the county records had been de
stroycd, the titles to all kinds of prop
ertv would have been so unsettled
accurate data so difficult to get, tina
hundreds Of thousands of dollar
would have been required to procur
duplicates.
The Board Of Commissioners is com
posed of public spirited men VIII
seem to be fully alive to their dutie
and responsibilities toward thes
struggling, infant communities The
know that the county has more prop
,er,y here than the balance of the com
munity put together; and it is alto
,ge.her likely that if the proper appli
cation were made they would sui
scribe Il reasonable amount toward tn
maintenance OF the company.