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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

Into the gutter no waded.
To splhsh In the muddy rain:
8cant was his raimont and covered
With many greasy stain:
But God made the little hero.
And under his ragged vest
He carried = soul of honor.
Pure rs humanity's best.
Into the gutter ne waded.
And tossed with his wee baro feet
A pocket-book stored with riches
Clear into the rain washed street.
Money! cried he, "a he clutched IL
And thoush of his hunger palm
Amoment he paused-but he conquered.
And breathed hero again.
All nimbly ne sought the owner,
And gave up the untouched gold,
The thrill In his heart repeating
Happier a thousand fold
~What( honesty In the gutterf
Thank you. my little man.
Only his heart glow paid him.
AS of the little feet ran.
Yes. honesty In the gutter.
Think you Its never been?
Must ermine and silk enswatheit
Can grandeur improve It's mtens
Must the poor waif In life's desert,
Hungry and cold though he be,
Have no bright spot on his record
Because Of his pedigree2
Honor is bound to no station.
Honesty stays by no creed,
And many noble spirit
Is hid by the garb OF need.
The man OF the world may marvel.
But poverty's paths are trod
BY many q royal hero,
Heart-warmed by the breath OF God.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
How Coffee Is TRADED.

The reason that Rio coffee is not
quoted high in this market is that only
the lower grades of Brazilian coffee are
called Rio coffee. The best coffee from
Rio de Janeiro is called "Java, ~Mo-
Cha" etc. You see the planters send
their coffee to Rio, and then it is all
mixed together, the good and the bad,
in order to get an average price. When
it gets here it is taken to large coffee
houses, where the work done in Rio is
undone, the coffee being sorted out
into different grades, and various names
given it. The lowest grade is called
Rio. AS matter of fact, some of the
best coffee we get comes from Bra
zil.-Sdirador de Mendonca. Bra
gillian Consul.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
Making u Bow.

In public, the bow is the proper mode
of salutation, also, under certain circum-
stances, in private; and, according to
cir eumstances, it should be familiar,
cordial, respectful, or formal. An in
clination of the head or a gesture with
the hand or cane suffices between men,
except when one would be specially def
erential to age or position; but in salut-
ing lady, the hat should be removed.
A very common mode of doing this in
New York, at present, particularly by
the younger men, is to jerk the hat off
and sling it on as hastily as possible.
As haste is incompatible with grace,
and as there is an old pantomimic law
that "every picture must be held" for q
longer or shorter time, the jerk-and-
sling manner of removing the hat. in
salutation, is not to be commended.
The empressement q man puts into his
salutations is graduated by circum-
stances, the most deferential manner
being to carry the hat down the full
length of the arm, keeping it there until
the person saluted has passed. If q
man stops to speak to a lady in the
street he should remain uncovered, un-
less the conversation should be pro-
tracted, which it is sure not to be, if
either of the party knows and cares to
observe the proprieties.
A well-bred man, meeting lady in a
public place, though she is near rela-
tive-wife, mother, or sister-and,
though he may have parted from her
but half an hour before, will salute her
as deferentially as he would salute a
mere acquaintance. The passers-by
are ignorant of the relationship, and to
them his deferential manner says: "She
is a lady."-The Mentor. by Alfred
Avres.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
lie Knew IL by Sight.

Johnny, do you know the tenth
commandment"
"Yes'm."
"Say it."
Cant"
"But you just said you knew it,
Johnny"
"Yes'm, / know it when see it,
NeiC York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

SOME one has discovered that the
high-heeled shoes worn by women pro-
duce softening of the brain. 1t was
not generally known that the brain of
women who wear such shoes was To-
rated SO low; but it seems plausible
enough.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

LET the man who would be grateful
think of repaying a kindness even while
receiving it.-Seneca.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
The WelI.Dressed Man.

The golden rule in dress is to keep
clear of extremes. The well-dressed
man never wears anything peculiar,
and his garments are of the best
material, one suit that costs $50 being
preferable to two suits that cost $25
each; and the tailor's risk, be it OBJ
served, is Just the same in both cases.
We are bound to add, however, that
the gentleman who has but one suit in
stead of two cannot escape embarrass-
ment when it comes to sending his
trousers to the shop for the purpose of
having the wrinkles pressed out of
them. The proper cut for coat and
vest is that which makes them fit snug
around the waist and loose over the
chest, as the polite citizen is thus adj
monished at every turn that he will not
only look better but also feel better il
he stands straight. The Mentor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

MosQuITo bites: Pleaders at the bar
mosquitoes. The bashful and gentle
mosquito is the Wendell Phillips of
animals. The mosquito does
things by in-stingt The song of the
mosquito is Hum, Sweet Hum! A
mosquito minds his own bizzyness. A
mosquito is like theater-it has wings
and Hes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

FROM a little spark may burst q
mighty fiame.--Dante.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

a great temptation, great temptation
She was busy with conflicting thoughts.
She CROPPED her way down to the hall,
and entered the drawing-room.
Il asked for you," he said, with gen.
tie emphasis, when they had exchanged
greetings. Il think you must know
why 1 asked for YOU" She
could only look at him while he
spoke. They were sitting side by side
upon q sofa, yet she felt rs if she must
shrink from him. Especially il
she meant to-deceive him.
She could hear other sounds than his
low voice. She could hear the words
of Clemence Arlington, ringing sor,
of monotone. She could see everything
about her with unusual clearness. The
luxury of the great drawing-room came
upon her with a mighty pressure. Her
heart went out with passionate yearn-
ing to all things beautiful. She craved
delight and comfort as her due.
She heard him speaking, yet she
could not look upon him. His voice,
falling distinctly upon the light and
warmth in which she rested, was like
that of some one speaking sentence
which should consign her to everlasting
darkness and misery.
Il hope" he said, Il hope that you
can care for mel
And now she knew that she mus,
speak. She turned her e to rest
upon his face. How gray his eyes
werel What an anxious light they
held. She remembered that afterward
and she remembered, noting just how
carefully his hair was brushed away
from his forehead.
Il am sorry,' that seemed the bur
den of her answer. She had yisen, anc
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08
About Cellars.

A cellar should be dry, light, and
airy. If the soil is moist it should be
drained all around the house by a deep
trench at least two feet below the level
of the cellar floor. This drain should
have safe outlet. The cellar should
be not less than seven feet deep in the
clear, and the floor should be covered
with cement. A wooden floor cannot
be healthful. The walls should be laid
up with good lime mortar, thus prevent
ing the entrance Of vermin. There
should be windows on every side to let
in abundance of light and air, and the
top of each window should reach near
to the ceiling to afford an easy outlet to
the air. The windows need not be large
if they are sufficient in number, and the
stills should be foot above the ground
outside. Areas around the windows
are Objectionable as they admit the
dampest air which floats upon the sur
face of the ground. N Y. Times.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08
the HEIGHT OF HER AMBITION.

Description of the Unailoyed Happiness
and the Attire of French Canadian
Bride.
AT one OF the smaller landings.
where the boat did not usually stop
unless signaled, man was seen stand
ing gesticulating wildly. The Captain
came forward and with an amused ex-
preston of countenance informed the
passengers that he knew from the ex-
cited state the individual was in that q
wedding party was coming on board.
And his representation was soon veri-
fed, for as soon as the boat touched the
landing a motley procession came
trooping down-old and young and
middle-aged, from the infant in arms to
the aged couple, who, John Anderson
like, were tottering down. The pro-
cession was headed by the bride and
groom, the latter looking excessively
uncomfortable and out of place in his
''dressed-up" condition; but the bride
presented great contrast to her new
made lord; her dissatisfaction was su-
preme. AS the Captain remarked: 'If
you really want to witness happiness
and contentment, you must see q
French-Canadian bride from the rural
districts. She has attained to the
height of her ambition; she is at last
decked out in bridal fnery." She went
straight for the saloon after coming on
board, and looked around little ner-
vously at first, then sat frigidly down on
the extreme edge of the nearest bench,
and cast down her eyes, as was sup
posed, in blushing modesty. But no!
it was not modesty; it was her shoes
upon which her admiring glances were
directed.
The rest of her costume was COM
monplace, consisting of black dress Of
some cheap material, which one of the
ladies designated rs cluster" She
wore a hat trimmed with wreath Of
tawdry-looking pink and blue artificial
flowers, while bows of yellow and
green ribbon relieved the somber hue Of
the dress. But it remained for the shoes
to give the true bridal character to this
somewhat remarkable toilet. They
were of white kid, low cut, with huge
rosettes on the instep. Her pedal ex
tremities, which were of rather colossal
proportions, were augmented by home
knit wooden stockings, which appeared
just tri1e incongruous. Her husband
soon joined her, and took q seat beside
her, and as he sat speeches., with his
wife's hand lying in his own. it is sup
posed that he, too, was lost in admra
ton and wonder at the beauty of the
slippers. A half hour later found then
in the same position, with the bride
still casting loving glances at her feet
When the newly welded pair left the
boat they were met by an old man anC
ayoung girl. who, by the way they
embraced the bridegroom, were SCI
down as his father and sister. The
former took the bride gently by the
hand, who received them with rigic
statelness. The girl timidly venturet
to kiss her newly made sister. The
caress was passively permitted, not re
turned, and afterward deliberately
wiped off with blue cotton pocket
handkerchief. The last seen of tn
kid shoes they were almost invisible
as their owner trudged up steep sand,
hill on hot August afternoon. -Agne
Fraser Sandman, in Harper's Maya
zine.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08
FEEDING PIGS.
Now tho Danes Care for Young Porlsers
from Birth Until They Are Sold.

Now tho Danes Care for Young Porlters
from Birth Until They Are Sold.
Their first food is of course the
mothers milk. After the lapse of three
or four weeks the sow's milk will be
found insufficient for the rapidly-grow-
ing young and they should be assisted
with supply of other kinds of food.
For this cows milk can not be recon-
mended, inasmuch as it is liable to SUBJ
ject the young pigs to diarrhGa, very
probably owing to the circumstance that
even fresh COW milk has the tendency
to q souring reaction, and these young
animals are incapable of supporting too
much acidity. 1t will therefore be
found most advisable to give them in
the first instance barley in its whole
state, which will also assist in bringing
forward the teeth grinders. 1t is gener-
ally the custom to allow the young pigs
to suckle for the space of six weeks, and
then to wean them by degrees, in such
manner that at first they are only al
lowed to come to the mother three
times in the course of the day, then
twice and finally once, until they are
entirely taken away from the SOW. A
strong, healthy pig may be taken away
from the mother at the age of five
weeks, while the weaker ones may be
permitted to suck until their seventh
week; by this means they car
often be made to come up tc
the first-named. For the weaneC
pigs sweet cow milk will be found the
most suitable food, and it should never
be forgotten that abundant feeding il
in fact saving, while scanty feeding
may be regarded in the light Of waste
The sweet milk by degrees may be re
placed by skinned milk. During tn,
first months buttermilk or sour cream
can easily cause diarrhea. Wheneve
diarrhea makes its appearance thu
troughs should at once be cleanset
with soda-lye; and in all cases wher
these are old and completely saturated
with the sour matter they should al
ways be replaced by new ones. Th
young pigs feed willingly on grount
barley and steamed potatoes, but thi
description of food is not well adaptel
for the rapidly growing young amin ais
inasmuch as it does not contain a suf
ficiency of proteine and mineral sub
stances. 1t will be more advantageou
to give them a mixture of rye-bran
coarse ground oats and buttermilk, t.
which il is recommended to add SINAI
quantity of prepared bone-dust, Yer
suitable cakes composed of oatmeal
rye-bran and bone-dust are now manu-
featured for this purpose. The feedin
with bone-dust has always had favor
I able influence on the pig development
Minced meat is also good feed for tn
young pigs. 1t is easy of d'gestio
when given together with potatoes j
the proportion Of one to ten or one t
twenty. When the pigs have reache
their third or fourth month they ma
be said to have passed the dangerou
stages. When pigs are intended fo
sale at the age of eight to ten month
they must be fed at uniform an
bountiful rate.-U. s. Consul at CT
pefahagen.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08
A Daily Defalcation.

The Hon. John Kelly, the head and front
Of Tammany Hail, a man OF strict integri-
ty, an interchangeable worker, early at his
Office, late to leave, 80 burdehed with BUSH
ness that regular meals were seldom
known by him, with mind in constant ten
sion and energies steadily trained, finally
broke down.
The wonder is that he did not sooner
give way. An honest man In all things
else, he acted unfairly with his physical
resources. He was ever drawing upon
this bank without ever depositing Q col D..
lateral. The account overdrawn, the bank
suspends and both are now in the hands Of
medical receivers.
1t Ia not work that kills men. 1t Is irreg'
ularity of habits and mental worry. No
man in good health frets at his work. By
and by when the bank of vigor suspendS,
these men will wonder how 1t all hap
pened, and they will keep wondering till
their dying day unless, perchance, some
candid physician or interested friend will
point out to them how by irregularity, by
excessive mental effort, BY, constant worry
and fret, by plunging IN deeper than they
had right to go, they have p oduced that
loss of nervous energy which almost in.
| variably expresses itself in derangec
| condition of the kidneys and liver, for 1t Il
| a well-known fact that the poison which
the kidneys and liver should remove from
the blood, II left therein, soon knocks thu
life out of the strongest and most vigorous
man or woman. Daily building up o.
these vital organs by so wonderful ant
highly reputed specific as Warmers SAT-
cure, Is the only guarantee that our bust
ness men can have that their strength viii
be equal to the labors daily put upo
them. s
Mr.. Kelly has nervous dyspepsia, W
learn, indicating, as we have said, break
down of nerve force. His case should be
warning to others who, pursuing q lik
course, will certainly reach like result
The Sunday Herald.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08

not work in the field OF shop. When
we take into consideration how many
women are obliged to labor the same rs
men in the field, mine, workshop oe
factory, the wonder is that the homes
are as decent as they are. Of late years
numerous building societies have sought
to furnish more comfortable homes for
the working classes, and in this kind of
work nearly all the provinces have been
engaged.
The Belgian workmen, it has been
truly said, are generally slow, but Law
borious, patient and industrious. They
are excellent in certain industries.
Thus, the marble-cutters do their work
admirably. The lace makers maintain
the old reputation and the wood carv-
ers and the furniture makers are not in
ferior to their ancestors, who exhibited
consummate skill. Lavollee, who has
made careful study of their character
istics, thinks their greatest defect is nat
ural apathy. Then, too, quality has
been sacrificed to cheapness. There is
lack of finish in Belgian workman
ship, especially when compared with
that of France. Their greatest vice is
drunkenness, and the consumption of
alcohol has doubled in forty years.
They, as we have seen, live poorly, are
not particularly sober, and preserve the
old customs and games, especially when
they afford an excuse for getting drunk.
In the evening the coilee-houses and
taverns are crowded with men who
pass the evening in smoking and drink
ing. Like the Germans and the French.
all classes dance, and open-air balls
and concerts form no inconsiderable
part of their amusements. Shooting
with bow is also a diversion. Some
of the most eminent writer's on the So
cial condition of the Belgian workman
agree that the system of public charity,
as organized, is unfavorable to the
working classes and has deleterious
influence. They rely too much upon
the thought of bcneyolence to aid those
in want. Imagine 100000 out of $780,
600 inhabitants of a country being
placed upon the list to he publicly as
sisted! One out of every six of the pop
ulation. 1t is enough to undermine the
independence of any country, and the
wonder is that the Belgians, under such
a system, are, upon the whole, as indus
trious and thrifty as have shown them
to be in many of the manufacturing dis.
tricts.-Liege (Be'giu0s) Cor San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08
BELGIAN WORkM EN-.
The Life Led by Them-Their Virtues and
Vices-The Belgian Glass Industry.

The Life Led by Them--Their Virtues and
vices-The Belgian Glass Industry.
The exports of glassware from the
small country of Belgium are equal in
value to half the total product of the
glass factories of the United States,
which in 1880 aggregated $2l, 1884, 900.
There are at least seventy establish
ments in Belgium, employing over 49,
600 persons, who receive annually in
wages 100000 francs ($3,00O,O0O),
being an average of francs 45 centimes
(about 70 cents) per day. The salaries
in this industry are regarded in Belgium
as excellent. Some of the hands earn
as much as $3.50, and even 50, a day.
In the glass works in the vicinity of this
town-namely, that OF Hal Saint Lam
bert-about 1900 workers are en-
ployed. The first cutters are paid So
per week, second cutters 81, the same
as the polishers. The common labor
ers earn $3 to $3.50 per week APP.
prentices are paid 20 cents a day. Over
800 women are engaged here. They
arc paid by the piece and can earn Al
to As cents per day. The estimates
heretofore published in Consular re.
ports, etc, Of glass-workers' wages in
Belgium have, in my opinion, been al
together too high. The most complete
and simplified statement Is the one
given above, which would indicate thai
the average earnings of all classes o.
glass-workers are 81 day, counting
$50 days to the year.
The Belgium workman lives princi
pally upon rye bread, fat and vegcta
bles. Fresh meat to him is luxur,
only TO be thought of upon special oc
casions. Sugar, milk and cheese ar,
also luxuries. He drinks prodigiou
quantities of inferior coffee and bad nv,
brandy, which is very cheap. 1t mus
be admitted, however, that the Walloon
are better fed than the Flemings.
great deal of existing miserye can un
doubtedly be traced to intemperance
Yet in spite of all this, by economy
such as American workers have no con
ception of, the better class of Belgian
laborer not only provides for his famil,
but sometimes saves enough to buy
little house, in which he lives. He wear
generally trousers of cotton check,
red flannel shirt, over which is clotl
shirt and which. Joined TO an ordinary
vest, forms kind of sleeved waistcoat
which serves for working costume
He wears overalls to 60 to the shop O
factory in. Wooden shoes are almos
universally worn, costing from sixty t,
eighty centimes Twelve and a half to tif
teen cents) pair They generally hav'
best suit for Sundays and fete days
OF underneath garments, both male an,
female workers are almost absolutel,
destitute, and they are rarely changed
frequently enough for decency. In tn,
matter of houses it would be necessary
to distinguish between the country an(
the towns between Flemish and Wal
looms. The houses of Belgian workmei
are fairly well kept, though in this re
spect they do not rank with their neigh
bors, the Dutch. The furniture is gen
orally scanty and dilapidated, but vel
kept, if it happens that the wife doe
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-08
MEASURING7M MILK.
The Value of Milk Should Be Calculated
by Weight.

The Value of Milk Should BE Calculated
by Weight.
Unjust be admitted by all men who
are interested in buying or selling dairy
COWS and making butter and cheese,
that it is great convenience to meas
ure milk by the pound. The day of the
four, six and eight-gallon COW is past,
as well it may be; for how many Of
these gallons were made up of froth or
out of whole cloth, who could tell?
When w0 come down to pounds, men
must be more exact. Twenty pounds
day means twenty pounds day, and
in the same way we measure the
amount of milk it requires to make a
pound of butter or of cheese. Individ.
ual performances keep the record in a
furry all the time, but when it comes
to general average men are pretty
well agreed as TO what COWS of different
breeds can do. Another great trouble
with the gallon measure arises from the
want of agreement as to what it weighs:
a gallon of milk in one country means
a very different measure from another,
while men fail to agree upon
this important point sometimes
in different parts of the same
country or State. An exchange
says: milk varies somewhat in
weight, but not in any important
degree. The average weight is very
nearly 81 pounds per gallon" At tho
same time, it is the custom in most
factories in this country at least to call
a gallon ten pounds of milk. Of course,
it makes no difference where all parties
to the contract are agreed, what weight
may be ascribed to the gallon, but il
often becomes very misleading to those
not posted on the special agreement
and who are seeking for general infor
nation. The factory system of ac-
counts is generally based upon the one
hundred pounds of milk, and we are
glad to note that most experimentcrS
are pursuing the same rule, so that the
results can be easily compared withou,
first going into the inquiry as to wha'
weight of gallon the writer is dealing
in. We are glad also to note that oul
English friends are abandoning tn,
stone and hundred-weight in their cal
culations. The stone, we believe
varies in different sections of the United
Kingdom, while the hundred weight
which is not a hundred.weight, but {
hundred and twelve pounds, is an un
even and awkward measure. The aver
age man gets along much easier will
decimals. American Ddiryndn.