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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-09
PERSEVERANCE REWARDED.
The Persistent Book Agent and the Law
yer.

The Persistent Book Agent and the Law
yer.
One incident, vouched for by good
authority, will suffice to show sam
pie of the art resorted to by book agents
to dispose of their wares. A certain
well-known lawyer, whose legal attain
ments are of a high order, but who is
not conspicuously known as the pos
SCISSOR of an extremely affable DISPOSE
ton, received call some time ago from
book agent, who presented for in
specton an illustrated b BILE. The law
yer did not want it and fatty said so.
The agent departed, but came the next
day, saying he was sure his friend need
ed such a book, and had changed his
mind. Again was he repulsed, but the
next day brought the irrepres-
sible canvasser with the same
story as to the needs of the law
yer. This latter, however, could not
make up his mind that he could not
prosper without this particular Bible,
and he expressed this sentiment in
strong terms. The agent came regu-
larly each day, and boldly invaded the
office despite threats. He deducted a
little each day from the price until he
had lowered it to ''cost. The lawyer
was firm and made dire threats as to
what he would do if the visits were con-
tinued. The next day he received a
package. Opening it he saw the Bible,
and with it note from the agent, stat
ing that he should keep the book and
that it was a gift, given because his ac-
qua ntance with him had convinced him
! (the agent) that he was really in need
of such good work. The agents adj
dress was on the note. The drollery Of
the scheme could not help but amuse
the buyer, and he returned the agent
the price of the book with good
bonus. He tells the story himself, and
thinks his disposition has improved =
PtlLadekphia BgEletis.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-09
PlTH AND POINT.

--Some men are called cranks be,
cause they are more willing than Others
TO do u good turn to a eighbor.-Bos-
ton Courier.
The reason why some papers die is
that they have been unable to keep up
their circulation. We publish this to
please an insane friend. -BoSton Tran
script
Two duelists having discharged
their pistols without harm, one
''second|' proposed to the other that
the parties make up and shake hands.
Reply: Why their hands have been
shaking this half hour.
Sc One provincial singer said to an,
other: my daughter has inherited my
voice ''Oh, said the other, with the
mostsinnocent air, ''thatis the explana.
ton, then. | have always wondered
Where it was. Figaro.
An exchange says that ''the mta
or woman who has never Lowell, Rugged,
kissed, played with, listened to, told
stories to, or thoroughly spanked a
child, has missed the cardinal joys Of
life.'
Yes" said he, speaking of the
church choir, "they all have good
voices, but they don't know how to use
them together; there's no harmony
among them" "Ohr exclaimed she,
''you are wrong there. The best OF
feeling exists between them. boston
Transcript.
-''What man has DONE" shouted
the orator, ''man can do. That isn't
enough, my son. Man must do what
man hasn't done; what he was afraid
to do; what he couldn't do. If man
would only do what man has done,
Christopher Columbus would never
have sailed hundred miles from land
and we would be Indians still ZAP.
pendix; Exhibit A. ]-Burdette.
The only safe umbrella-holder we
know of is the hand, and it must grasp
the umbrella with y firm grip, an un-
relaxing grip, and hold on or the arti-
Gle will get away. Most people know
this by experience. We fear that nc
umbrella-hol der will ever be invented
that will hold so tenaciously to the UNI
brella as the one in universal use, viz,
the friend who borrows the umbrella,
Boston COWrant.
The difference.
This Is the time whom the farmer
Sits by his chimney's blaze,
| - And talks with the wife of his bosom,
OF the good old by gone days;
While the love. struck son OF his neighbol
Sits in another room,
And talks to the farmers daughter
OF the splendid days to come.
-Western Rural.
Confectioner-''R Remember that all
the French candy is in this case" New
Clerk-"How do you get it freshP''
"FreshP Why, why we make it, OF
course" "But thought French can
dy was imported. :" 20, no. We make
it ourselves. "But, then, why is il
called French candyP Do the ingredi.
ents come from FranceP" "Weli,
don't know; may be the plaster of paris
does IN Y. Independent.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-09

The diameter of trees varies not
only from summer to winter, but from
day to day. They are larger from noon
to twilight the next morning than from
twilight until noon; they are smaller in
the winter than in summer. Water and
the sap of trees expand not only in pro-
portion as they rise above, but also as
they go below, the freezing point. Low
temperature as well as high promotes
evaporation, and the trees evaporatc
from their branches in winter, and SO
the colder the weather the more they
shrink. -+prqirie Farmer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-09
A PARADOX.

Irecollect how grieved was
When Cousin Amy married.
Thought her very cruel because
For me she had not tarried.
She gave to my affection green
encouragement in plenty,
For was under seventeen
And she was five and twenty.
Fair Amyis widow now,
Her sorrow fast outgroWing, - .
IT'S very singular, i wow, - 90 ~ ~
The way the years are going,
With me, at allegro rate;
With her, graceful lente--
Now am nearing thirty eight
And she is six and twenty.
should be gratified to know
How others, like my cousin,
A twelvemonth only older grow,
One year in half a dozen.
Oh, Chronos tell the secret me,
The power superhuman
That causes time with man to flee,
But bids 1t wait with woman.
Life.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-05-09
HAWTHORNE'S COURTsHIP.
How He and Sophia Peabody Eel
in Love With Each Other.

1t Was Fatal Attack at First Sight and
They Grew Tired of Waiting for For
tune, and Were Married - Incl
dents of Their Courtship.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
Communicating Defined.

The word Humanitarian has been
used frequently to describe one who
loves his fellow-men, and the person
using it in that sense has experienced
an unpleasant shock when he found
that the dictionaries of Webster and
Worcester defined the word to mean
zone who denies the divinity of Christ,
and believes him to be mere man"
Still the word seemed to fit philan-
thropist so well that people have con-
tinued to use it incorrectly. But all
things have their day sooner or later,
and the new imperial dictionary defines
humanitarian to mean zone who has a
great regard or love for humanity; a
philanthropist. With such high au-
thority the word will now be generally
accepted in its natural and usual sense.
In the matter of language the base coin
of one generation becomes the legal
tender of the next. atlanta COnstital-
tom
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
The Boiling Lake OF Dominica.

A glance into the Internal caldron
that lies before us informs us that we
are standing here at the mouth of q
q still active volcano. The basin of the
lake lies in the midst of deep, steeply
descending cup, the crater, to which
two streams come from the north. One
of the streams brings cold chalybeate
water, and runs by the basin to unite
with its warm efffuent; the other, bring
ing warm water, empties into the boil
ing lake. On the south side of the
crater gaps an opening in the wall
which constitutes the outlet of the
lake. 1t is of quite recent origin, for it
dates only from the catastrophe of 1880,
in which the valley forest was de-
stroyed. Previous to this time the area
of the lake was about three times as
great as it is now, when its diameter is
only about forty-five PAGES. In the
center of the basin is a geyser issuing
from mound of black mud, which,
when we observed it, spouted to a
height of some fifteen or twenty feet.
Other observers have given it height
of from sixty to q hundred feet. In
the interior of the mud-heap of the
geyser we remarked, whenever the
wind blew the steam away, kind of
tufaceous structure, of which we were
not able to learn anything more exact
ly. Great masses of sulphurous gas
escape over the whole surface of the
basin from the black, muddy fluid. and
keep up loud roaring and humming.
which only heightens the dismal aspect
of the whole place. Anon.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

OF all sounds, the howl of n dog is
the most dismal. Dogs, although frol-
icsome by nature, are subjected to fits
of melancholy. At such times they are
acquainted with grief, and regardless of
a good appetite and superb digestion,
a hound will leave a choice selection of
dead horse, stand on knoll where
moonbeams fall upon him and howl un-
til person unacquainted with his hab-
its would think he was pouring out the
last wailings of mashed soul. When
a brindle dog howls, it is q sign that a
tall man with dark hair and ebon sedi-
ment under the finger nails is going to
die disagreeable and unsolicited death /;
but If a yellow dog opens in high note
vocalization, the fat man with a per-
ceptible impediment in his locomotion
is in danger. just before the late war,
it was observed that the unemployed
dogs of the country did great deal of
bowling; and IL was afterward observed
that quite q number of men had died
If there be an animal that deserves I'M
conditional determination, it is the
bowling dog. -1rkaslsdic Trdueler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

Not long ago CHANGED to be speak
ing with Prussian gentleman about
the ill-feeling which existed at that
time between his country and Russia,
which seemed likely enough to Gull
inmate in ,hostilities. He assured me
that the ill-feeling was entirely on the
Russian side.
I'VE have nothing against them," he
declared, "and we want nothing from
them; but they are angry with us, and
that is easily explained. They cannot
get on without us; they are obliged to
employ our people everywhere instead
of their own, and they are furious be-
cause they have to acknowledge the
superiority of the German intellect" I
remarked that the superiority of the
German intellect was manifest; where
upon he shrugged his shoulders quick
", and snorted In the well-known Prus-
sian fashion, as who would say, Gould
any one be such fool as to doubt it 2"
went on to observe that in philos-
ophy, science, and music Germany led
mankind. He agreed with me, and
added: ALSO in the art of war;"
"The Germans" proceeded, ARE
the best educated people in the world,
and he replied: mo doubt"
"And they are the pleasantest COM
pany."
Certainly" answered he, shat is
So"
"And what adds much to the attract
iveness of their conversation" con-
tinued, lis their delicate wit and keen
perception of irony" I confess that
after had made this outrageous speech
1 shook in my shoes and looked down
at my plate. ought never to have
said it, and indeed would not have
said it if he had not led me on until it
became irresistible. But there was no
occasion for alarm. When / raised
my eyes to my neighbor's face l found
it irradiated with smiles. He laid his
hand on my arm quite affectionately.
what you say is certainly true" he
Cried "but do you know you are the
first stranger have ever met who has
had the sense to discover it?" And he
then explained to me that the Germans
were absurdly considered by French
men and other superficial observers to
be rather dull-witted and heavy race.
Now really do not see how any one is
to help liking nation that is so hap
PLY self-complacent.- COrnhiU.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

A rich and largely unoccupied
country lying in Northern Nebraska,
for hundreds Of miles along the Dakota
line, and extending through several
tiers of counties back from Il, is invit-
ing the enterprising settler from the
East to come in and till the soil.
Nothing finer in the way Of promis-
ing agricultural field Is to be found
anywhere. The soil is extremely fer
tile, the climate pleasant in summer,
and not too rigorous In winter, and
facilities for marketing products be-
coming better and better all the time.
Into this region there has been
steady stream of immigration pouring
for the past two years, which may now
be said to be at its height The char
acter Of this population is the same
as of the best agricultural communities
of Illinois or Ohio. In fact, it is from
these and their adjoining States that
this increase of population in the region
described is mainly derived. Whole
States go bodily into this garden of the
Missouri Valley and locate their pos
sessions.
The present time is most opportune
for the purpose, since the railroad
which has been pushed forward through
this fertile land has now penetrated to
the town of Valentine, to which point
it is in regular operation, while the
grading has been done one hundred
miles beyond, and still beyond one
hundred and fifty miles more are under
contract. In Northwestern Nebraska
the road is to turn northward. passing
through the Dakota. counties of Fall
River, Custer, and Pennington, to Rapid
City, in the mining country.
Through the entire region traversed
by this railroad, finished and projected,
towns are springing up in that almost
magical fashion which is characteristic
of Western railroad development. The
population is increasing in the same
manner, and homes, stores, schools, and
churches are going up on every hand.
This is the place for the printer who
wishes to do something for himself.
The people who are going in are read
ing people. They have been accus-
toned to those necessities of civiliza-
ton, the school, the church, and the
newspaper, and they are prepared to
welcome and encourage the man who
comes among them to give them either.
The printer who has toiled for years
in an older community, getting little or
nothing ahead of the point reached long
ago, goes in with the tide, and is soon
found enlarging the first plant, increas-
ing the size of the first paper, and like
ly enough starting another in the new
town close by. Shrewd Horace Gree
ley's advice is not yet outgrown: go
West, young man. Go West, and grow
up with the country. PUBLISHERS
Mn,,fbI,y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

This title il often applied to Mrs. Lydia f.
Pinkham, Of Lynn, Mass, by happy wives
and mothers who have been cured of dis
tressing disorders and relieved Of pain and
suffering by Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. l. H. Of strother. 8. c.,
says In q recent letter; "Your medicine
has done me so much good that don't think
can stop taking It until am entirely we'll
owe all my good feelings to you. The doc
tor can't get any credit for curing me; II Is
your medicine that has done me more good
than anything have ever taken" A Dress
maker In Findlay, Ohio, says: ~ have
derived so great a benefit from the use OF
your Vegetable Compound that recommend
IL I'm the strongest terms, with the utmost
confidence, and am sure IL will cure the
most stubborn cases. j consider IL ucrB much
better than any other preparation made for
all Female Complaints"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
ApprOprjate Slang.

Bilkins was addicted to slang, and
his wife didn't like it. One night he
went to party and made some bad
break or other, and told his wife about
it.
my, N.Y." she sad alphabetically,
"how did you feel?"
"You bet, felt like house afire."
"There you go again." she said,
angrily. Why don't you talk English
How do I know how you felt?"
why, love, I just said / felt like q
house afire."
"Well, how was that, I'd like to
know"
"Oh, just as if somebody ought to
turn hose on me, or put me out.
Don't you see?"
She saw, and for once excused him,
Merchant Traueler
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
The Old Reliable.

There are many good and we'll managed
railroads in the country, and among the
very best is the Chicago and Alton. The
equipments of this road are second to none
in the world, and, for comfort, convenience.
safety, and good time it ranks among the
best. Courtesy and attention of its en-
ployes, the great desideratum to the travel
ing public, is q marked feature in its man.
agement. This fact is very frequently
commented upon with pleasure by people
who have occasion to patronize the Chicago
and Alton. Two trains day each way run
from Chicago to st. Louis and Kansas City,
and no change of cars is required to make
the trip in.either' direction. If you are going
South or West, do not forget the Chicago
and Alton Railroad. A ride over it will do
Won good
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
A New Orleans Creole.

The Creole element here is exclusive
in the extreme. 1t has vigorous con-
tempt for the American element of the
city, and am informed by very old
resident here that there are many citi-
zens of the French quarter who have
never crossed Canal street. They are
content to live and die in one place,
and desire no fame outside of their own
neighborhood. In that respect they
are like the Parisians they so abjectly
adore
Who has not heard rhapsodical de-
scriptions of the Creole girl given by
hard-breathing and thick-lipped en-
thusiasts-her voluptuous figure, heavy
lidded and languishing eyes, dark hair
and olive and oval face, which she car
ries about in a observation-disclosures
expression? Don't dream about her
any more. Come and see her. Look
at her as she slouches out of doorway
in calico wrapper, the pattern and
color of which long ago ceased to be
obvious, and drags herself along to the
adjoining house to gossip with another
beauty. Mark how the heels of her
slippers have been vigorously @run
down" till there is no Intersection at
all to speak of, and then follow the
squat figure up to the head. The face
is always an interesting one, but sell
dom beautiful. Almost invariably the
mouth is large ard the teeth prominent,
but the chin is dimpled and small. The
cheekbones are high. the eyes dark and
the skin is coarse and greasy, often
covered with ill-laid streaks of powder.
She is clever, though. when she talks.
and often very bright, and she has the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
Paul Taken Out OF the Temple.

where was Paul?" asked the Sab
bath School teacher. last Sunday.
I'm jerusalem" said the class.
Among what people?"
"The Jews"
"Why did the Jews take him out of
the temple? ?"
Il dunno" said the bad boy, "'less
they wanted to sell him - coat fur
Sl5, like they did my pa, Yesterday. -
Ne1UDldn I1ldependent
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
Out of Tune.

When the tones of musical instrument be-
come harsh and discordant. we say it is "out of
tune" The same may be said Of that far more
wonderful and complicated piece of mechanism,
the human structure, when 1t becomes disorder
ed. Not only actual disease, but those far more
common causes, overwork. mental anxiety, and
fast living, may impair it's viRor and activity.
The best remedy for a partial collapse OF the
vital energies, from these II ON other sources
Is Hostetter's stomach Bitters, which is at the
same time an agreeable and mind cheering cor
DIAL and the best possible invigora MT in all cases
Of debility. 1t is an incompatible stomachic
and anti bilious medicine er. dicates fever and
ague. and prevents subsequent attacks. IL
remedies with certainty and thoroughness
bowel and kidney complaints, dyspepsia, mel =
vousness, rheumatic troubles, neuralgia. and
acts influences which predispose to disease
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

II whom you oall for Hop Bittsrs (see
green cjxsfer Of Hops on the Uhtfe Iat6O
the druggist hands out any stn6 called @. ID.
Warmers German Hop Bitters o. with
other sHop" name. refuse 1t and shm
that druggist as you would viper; and q
he has taken your money for the stun,
indict him for the fnud. aud sue him for
damages for the swindle, and we win re-
ward you literally for the conviction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21
Contemplating Proves Superiority

Although counterfeiting is one of tho
greatest crimes against the business OF any
country. and in many cases
Destructive of health and life!'
IT proves beyonda doubt the"
Superiority
OF the article counterfeited;
As no inferior article is ever counter
feifed.
Proof of this is found in the great num-
Der in
Australia, ENGLAND, France,
Germany. India, Belgium, Canada and
the u. S.
OF counterfeits Of the great remedy,
Hop Bitters,"
Whose name and merits are so wen
known the world over that it is
Shining mark and a favorite prey
For Counterfeiters %
Beware of all that does not have a green
cluster of hops on the white label.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

With every disease imaginable for tho
last three years. Our
Druggist, Il. J. Anderson, recommending
Hop Biiters" to me,
used two bottles!
Am entirely cured and heartily recon-
mend Hop Bitters to every one.
J. ID. Walker, Buckner, Ne.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

that consumptives should be the least appre-
hensive Of their own condition. while all their
friends are urging and beseeching them 70 DO
moro careful about exposure end overd6lngf
patient II reckless and will not believe that
he 10 in danger. Reader. If you are In this
condition, do not neglect tho only means OF
recovery. Avoid exposure and fatigue, be
regular In your habits, and use faithfully OF
DIR. Fierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" 1t
has saved thousands who were steadily fail
ing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-05-21

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