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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-06-18

There are scores of persons who are
suffering from some form of blood dis
order or skin disease. such as Scrofula.
BoIls. ETC.. etc. After practical test,
/. s. Cooper asserts that Acker's Blood
Elixir will certainly cure all such dis
eases, including Syphilis and Rheuma-
tism. 1t is not patent nOstrum, but a
scientific preparation. lie guarantees it.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-06-18

A Minister Who Carried Home Sausages in
His Pocket and the Consequences.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
Distribution OF Forests.

The forests of the Atlantic and Pa
cific regions are dissimilar in the central
parts of the continent, but are united
in the north by belt of subarctic trees
which extends across from ocean to
ocean above the 50th degree of lati-
tude. At the south, also, the for
ests of the two regions are united by q
narrow strip of the flora peculiar to the
plateau of Northern Mexico. The
great forests of the Atlantic region,
which is that portion of the continent
east of the Rocky Mountains, are di-
vided into northern forest, lying
wholly in the British Possessions, and
generally above the 50th degree of lat
itude. The northern pine forest en-
braces the Canadas, New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia, New England, New
York, nine-tenths of Pennsylvania, and
narrow strip of Virginia, prolonged
southwark with the mountain chain like
wedge. 1t also embraces the north
ern half of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. The coast pine forest be-
gins at Norfolk, Va, and forms belt
about eighty miles wide along the coast
to within short distance of the Mis-
sissippi. Mexican fora form the North
ern Mexican forest of Southern Texas.
The rest of the great Atlantic region is
covered with the duciduous forest of
the Mississippi basin, which contains
oak, hickory, walnut, magnolia and
ash. The cause of the absence of for
ests from the great plains of the
Western States has never been discov-
cred, but it is thought that the eastern
forests once extended TO the base of
the Rocky Mountains, for the condi-
tions of climate and soil in all of that
treeless region are as favorable to forest
growth as are those of the country
further east. But the original forest
once destroyed, the thick sod, the an
nual fires and the wind, unchecked
by any northern barrier, would render
O second growth slow and difficult. In
regions where the annual burning has
been stopped, trees have spread from
the river bottoms to the uplands. The
changes in some sections of the States
and Territories of the far West, since
the care of man has removed some of
the sources of destruction, have been
remarkable. Many prairies are fast
losing their treeless character, and for
ests, protected from fire, are fast ex-
tending in every direction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
The CreOle's Favorite Weapon.

"What is a colchinard? ?" asked re-
porter of New Orleans sport.
"Well, to answer your question, a
colchinard is nothing but a short, two
edged sword, which is the favorite
weapon of the young creoles. The
most of them are experienced fencers,
and have seen some pretty duels in
my day with them. One duel that had
q ludicrous termination must tell you
about.
"In the fall of 1860 clerk in a cot
ton house in New Orleans named Bien-
venu had dispute with an English
captain named Porter. Bienvenu was
q dapper little Frenchman, while Por-
ter was a big brawny fellow. The dis
pute arose about cotton shipment.
The lie passed, several blows were
struck, and the upshot of the affair
was q challenge, which was accepted.
aBienvenu was an expert swordsman,
and chose cclchinard-. Porter was
also skilled in the use of the long
sword, hut had never had any expert
ence with short sword
~The meeting took place near Span
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
Gave Himself AWAY.

A gentleman who spent many years
at Sun Dance, on the Apache reserva-
lion, says that about four years ago the
white poulation got wind of q contem-
plated outbreak of the Indians, there
being about six thousand dissatisfied
braves able to take the war-path at q
days notice. Gen. Crook. the great
Indian fighter, was ut once sent for,
and, to the extreme discontinue of the
Indians, arrived with his staff few
days after, in time to take part in a
meeting of the chiefs in the council
house. The Gray Fox, as he was called
by the Apaches, made fatherly but
significant address that had depress-
ing effect upon the nations wards. As
he ceased, an extremely fresh young
chief strobe across the floor and felt
the Generals biceps curiously. Then,
with an expression of great contempt,
he exclaimed, in the Indian tongue:
"This cannot be a great warrior. His
arm is like a squaw's."
At this a white-haired chief named
Fire Cloud angrily pushed the young
brave aside, exclaiming:
"The Gray Fox fights with his head,
not his arm"
"Then," retorted the young warrior,
"he should be called the Gray RAM"
The entire audience instantly fell
upon the speaker, who was bound hand
and foot after desperate struggle, and
searched. Under his moccasins were
found pair of yellow-topped tooth
pick shoes, while his buckskin shirt
contained an eight-carat diamond cut
out of the bottom of goblet. He con-
fessed to being the end-man of q
wrecked minstrel troupe, who was try
ing to scalp his way back to the settle
ments.
He was tomahawked by the unan-
imous vote of the convention. Derrick
Dodd, IN San Franciscan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

ish Fort. After few passes had been
made the Englishman found out that
the wiry creole was more than his
match. He managed to parry dan
gerous thrust made by Bienvenu, and
sprang forward, throwing down the
Frenchman's guard, and struck him q
heavy blow with the hilt of his sword
in the mouth. knocking out two teeth.
This settled the fight. Bienvenu said
that man who would fight thatsway
was no gentleman, and he couldn't af-
ford to pit his life against the life OF o
common ruffian.
But Porter was no rufiian. He
didn't mean to strike Bienvenu the way
he did. The blow was purely accident
al, but it was lucky for him that it hap
pened, for another round would have
ended by Bienvenu running his weapon
through him.
by the way, however, Bienvenu had
his dueling desires satisfied in 1874.
He challenged Kentuckian named
Phillips to duel. Phillips chose shot
guns for weapons. The men met near
Pass Christian. Mississippi, and Bien-
venu was shot dead at the first fire.
Phillips was untouched. = DenUer
NelUS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
TRICKS ON THE TRACKS.
Dangers from which Engineers Save the
Public and Themselves.

From the Railway Review.I
One who is accustomed TO railway travel
ing can scarcely realize how much he ts de-
pendent for safety upon the engineer. Added
to the responsibility OF their station, en-
gineers are also In constant danger or acci-
dents caused by the tricks of jealous rivals.
This rivalry, IL Is said, sometimes prompts
TO the doing OF utterly mean tricks A
Nickel Plate engineer, after his very first
trip, was laid on because he had "cut out"
all the bearings OF his engine. He was REIN
stated, however, after he proved that some
rival had flled his oiiing can Nth emery An
other new engineer was suspended for burn
ing out the fiues or his boiler. Through
grief at the loss of his position he died, and
then oonscience-stricken rival confessed
that ne had put on In the tank SO that IL
foamed and showed water at the top gauge,
when In reality there was scarcely quart
In the boilerl
These intense jealousies, together with the
terrible anxiety incident TO their work, have
terribly straining effect on the nerves, and
statistics tell Ms that though Locomotive
Engineers may look strong and vigorous.
they are not all hearty class. Ex-Chief
Engineer A. s. Hampton, Indianapolis, Ind.
DIV. 143), was one OF those apparently
hearty men, but he says 1.-THE anxiety,
strain, and jolting came near finishing me-"
His sufferings localized In catarrh of the
bladder. but he used Warmers safe cure
faithfully for twenty weeks and now ex-
claims, 81 am we'll man." T. S. Ingraham,
OF Cleveland, Ohio, Assistant Chief Engineer,
and other prominent members are also en-
phatic In Its praise
The Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood
has IL 900 members and $40 divisions. Its
headquarters is In Cleveland, Ohio, where
Chief Engineer Arthur for twenty years has
exercised almost dictatorial sway. 1t was
organized I'm August, 1858, by the employees
OF the Michigan Central. It has given near
ly two million dollars to the widows and or
phans Of deceased members.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

"How did you come to give way
to the tempter, my good brother?'
said q well-meaning minister who
was trying to do O little mission
ary work among Uncle Sans col
ony in Canada, as he addressed an
Indiana Trustee who had lately joined
the gang. "From what you have told
me, my dear sir, l infer that you were
piously brought up"
EYES," said the Hoosier, Il was raised
all right, and l was always good aver
age church member, too"
"But there was certainly a cause for
your falling from grace, my good friend.
Do you know what it WASP"
"Yes, indeed, sir? ?"
"Ah, you do? And what was it, my
dear sir?
"Divine neglect"
"Ah! But L am at loss to under
stand your meaning, my good friend.
/ fear you did not seek help from on
high to sustain you in the hour of
weakness"
SWELL. that's just what I did do, but
1 was left in the lurch."
Left in the lurch?"
eyes, sir.
"In what way, my dear sir?
well, you see, when Pollard pointed
out to me how weak the law was, and
how easy it would be for me to scoop
in big pile without much risk, 1 felt
myself slipping from the rock on which
/ had been standing so long, and 1
knew at once Twas goner unless"
"Unless what, my dear sir?"
UNLESS 1 got help from above"
"Very good-very good, my dear
brother. You should have prayed
for it.
THAT'S just exactly what I did do.
"Indeed!"
"Yes; 1 got right down on my knees
and 1 prayed to the Lord to give me
strength to resist the temptation"
"Very good. Go on-go on, my good
sir"
well. sir, the Lord went right
square back on me and down 1 went
He didn't hold me up worth a cent
after I'd looked into the law for myself
and found out that Pollard was right
about it. "-ChicdgO Ledger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

The secret of muscular recuperation
is in stopping when fatigue begins. He
or she who is not the fresher in body
and mind for the exercise taken has
had an overdose of what in proper
measure would have been o benefit.
The gain in strength is shown and felt
in the increasing ability to do more and
more without exhaustion. The meas
ure of success is not in the greatness
of the feat accomplished but in the
ease with which the exercise is INDUCED
in, in the absence of exhaustion after
il. There are occasions frequent
enough in which people in the struggle
of life are forced beyond their power
OF endurance, and there is no need to
carry into the pursuit of recreation the
fatigue which exacting work imposes.
philadelphia Ledger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
A Mothers Warning.

where are you going, Johnnie? ?"
"Only over here little ways"
"You amt going near the water?"
"Nome."
"See that you don't, then. If you do
I'll tell your father"
@Yes'm."
"And if you go into the water and
come home here to me drowned, I'll
spank you till you can't stand"
"Yes'm."
snow, mind"
"Yes'm."
And thus it is all through vacation.
Boston Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
WALLPAPER on Wood.

To make wallpaper stay smoothly
upon an unceiled wall, first cover every
crack with strips of old sheeting or
similar stuff. torn into strips wide
enough to cover the cracks completely
and adhere we'll to each edge. When
this is dry, then paper. The expansion
and contraction of the lumber will 60
on all the same, but behind the cloth,
so that it will in no way interfere with
the wallpaper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

In this day and age of our Lord the
majority only make a living anyhow,
and many there are who are not so
fortunate. IT'S only now and then that
any one person amasses great wealth.
Don't make up your mind to become
opulent without hard work, and you
may be gratified if you can then keep
your head above the high-water mark,
amid the tribulations that for some
good and sufficient reasons undoubted-
ly are to be met with in every and all
branches of business.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
The Reason.

Toper-It seems very strange to me.
L have never been on bad terms with
liquor, yet it is beginning to cast re-
Elections on my nose.
Friend Indeed.
T.-Yes, sir, you can see for yourself.
FL see and understand the reason.
T.-You do?
F.-Certainly, my friend, certainly.
You may say you have been good friends
with liquor, but at the same time you
have been in the habit of running il
down, and that's why it is casting re-
Elections on your nose.-Boston Cou-
1ier
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
Those Happy DAYS.

Don't you remember me?"
"Can't Say that ever saw you be-
FORE"
"Don't you remember little Sammy
Bambry, who used to steal your peaches
and break your windows, twenty years
ago, right here in Austin?"
"Why, certainly, 1 remember you
now very well, how you used to steal
my peaches, and don't you remember
how 1 caught you just as you were get.
ting over the fence one day, and how 1
tanned your little hide for you?"
"You bet you did. All, those happy
days will never come again. "-Terds
Siftinqs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
The Late Husband.

A gentleman came home in the "wee
sma' hours ayont the twal," at the
South End, and was surprised to find
his wife clad in black.
why are you wearing these mourning
garments?" he said, somewhat unstead-
lily.
"For my late husband" was the
significant reply.
He has been in the house at ten ever
since.-BOstO7l BudQet.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

In most cases failures are not hope
less misfortunes, aud, though often Bit
ter, nevertheless profitable experiences,
even if the lesson be severe. But few
people learn so effectually what their
capabilities are, or what making ones
way" means as by experience, and of
these ninety-nine out of every hundred
will be benefited in q greater or less
degree for the reproof-it depending
very much upon how we'll the knowl-
edge gained is applied.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

WHEN young I was too ambitious to
get plenty of the "root," and, following
out my inclinations, often overworked,
and then put in season of granting,
aided by salts" But age is often ac-
companied by wisdom. Now 1 let
others do the heavy work, while do
the granting over the light work. Half
the wisdom of life, I have found out,
lies in not working all the time, unless
you have to, without now and then a
season of enjoyment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

eve sell Athlophoros, and think it the
best remedy for rheumatism we have in the
market" Davis, Bro. L. Co., druggists, of
Clayton. Illinois, write, and their good opin-
ion of the remedy's merits is confirmed by
hundreds of others in the trade.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

IDoN'T believe that the majority of
young men are naturally all bad. At
any rate, if one-half the amount of
encouragement were given them to do
right by worthy people that is given
them to do wrong by vicious and I'M
worthy people, the number of candi-
dates for redemption could, I believe,
be decidedly lessened..
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

The business man or tourist will find first
class accommodations at the low price of 81
and $3.50 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 first-class.
HOYT & GATES Proprietora
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

Young or middle aged men.
suffering from premature decline OF power,
however induced. speedily and radically
cured. Illustrated book for 10 cents In
stamps. Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo, N. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
"Sweet Maud Muller"

whittier's beautiful ballad contains a
touching allusion TO the many cares and sor-
rows which wear upon the 'heart and brain
of a wife and mother. Thousands Of weary,
suffering women have found DIR. Pierce
"Favorite Prescription marvellous recup-
orator OF wasted strength, and OF sovereign
efficacy in all those arrangements and NAL
aides peculiar to their sex, by reason OF
which the vitality is gradually sapped, and
the cheek robbed prematurely of its bloom.
Price reduced to one dollar. BY druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

Can consumption be curedl Yes. One
man only, discovered the laws of gravitation.
One man only, discovered the virtue of Wac-
oination. And one man after years of study
and reflection, has discovered the cure for
consumption. DIR. Pierce's Golden Me1ical
Discovery Is its specific. Send two letter
stamps and get DIR. Pierce's pamphlet trea-
Iise on consumption. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression oil
spirits, and general debility in their various
forms; also, as preventive against fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers, the
"Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,"
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., Of New York,
and sold by all druggists is the best tonic;
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness IL has no eoua,.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
"Grab a. Root v'-Se,

comrade, you want The CHICAGO LEDGER
next year. 1t is devoting considerable
space to War Memories, contributed by
boys" from both sides of the late dead
line, and in addition to this it is one of the
cheapest and best family newspapers in
the country. Full of Original Stories
and trimming with Humor manufactured
expressly for it. Only $3.50 year. 271
Franklin street Sample copy two cents
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
A Man i'm Ruins.-One of the mo

melancholy spectacles in the world is a
human being shattered and broken down by
the use of ardent spirits and tobacco. But the
dlapidation may be repaired, the ruin re-
stored Ia perfect souLdness, by a course of
that most powerful of all vegetable invigor-
ants, DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BITTERS.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

Any man looks like sloven with run.
over heels. Lyons Heel Stiffeners keep
boots straight, csc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

THE Howe Scale took first premium at Phila-
delphia, Paris, Sydney, and other exhibitions.
Borden, Selleck Co., Agents, Chicago, Ill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

/ AM convinced that as an incentive
for labor rivalry beats mans inspira-
tons every time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
Ins and Outs.

Nothing is SO productive OF distressing
headaches as the tropical heat Of summer.
ST. Jacobs Oil will remove them at once.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
"Put up, Mt the G.ult House.

WHEN tho mercury falls we may anticipate
| the dude drop if it's an ice day.-Terds SIT
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

BEST, easiest TO use and cheapest. Piso'
Remedy for Catarrh. by druggists. soc.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

SOME one wants to know how TO deaden
the sound of a piano. One good plan would
be to kill the player.-Boston Post.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

ARTISTIC ability may not be hereditary,
but ofteDtimes drawing is sketching .-Terds
SiffinOs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15

Frazer Axle Grease lasts four times as long M
any other. Use It.; save your horses and wagons
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-10-15
$25 Reward.

We will pay the above reward for any case OF Rheu
matism or Neuralgia not cure. We relieve
any of Diphtheria or Group instantly. The j. II
Gardner Army and Navy Lniment will relieve pain
and soreness, and remove any unnatural growth OF
bone or muscle on man beast. Large bottles 81;
small bottles so cents Will refund the money for
failure. For sa' Q by all druggists.
ARMY AND NAVY IMMINENT CO.,
92 A. % LaSalle ST., Chicago, III.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-04-08
Mean Whisky AN Argument fer Pro-
hibition.

The time has come in the history of
the liquor traffic when the stuff is so
adulterated, and filled with SO many
various kinds Of poison, that il Is unsafe
to drink 1t at all and this, probably
more than any other reason, has bet n
Instrumental in exciting such a.wide-
spread and growing opposition to the
manufacture and sale of it. Formerly,
when it was manufactured in its purity,
. man could drink it for life time and
never be seriously impaired by its ef-
fects; but now, such il the poisonous
compounds Of which the drug is cGm-
posed that it requires but the lapse of a
few years indulgence to set a man a
raviDg maniac. He becomes an i'm
beetle, and, in many instances, loses his
mind altogether and Is sent to an asy-
lum to be treated as an insane inebriate.
In another instance n man comes to
town, aud in little while he becomes
inflated with half pint or so of the
pop SKULL" and the first thing he
wants to do is to kill his neighbor. The
Effects, therefore, of its manufacture
and sale are becoming so pernicious that
sven those who indulge its use most
RELY are, In many instances, its most
active and Jealous opposers. Only
hose who have used 1t to an excessive
md injurious extent are fully prepared
% pronounce upon its dangers, and,
surely, If that class Of men are ready to
its abolition from the land, 1t
will be no deprivation to the man who
ioes not use il to let it go. Hence, the
il, to All impartial observer.
hat the history of the liquor traffic In
4 merica is rapidly approaching its end,
such is the testimony We receive from
III quarters of civilized America Dat0-
ion Ca Journal.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-04-08
The Moon Within Thirty Miles of
Earth.

The Lick Observatory, on Mount
Hamilton, Cal, is already, even with
out the great telescope in course of
construction, one of the most complete
In the world. There has recently been
added meridian circle, made by Ref
sold Of Hamburg, and house has been
built for it. Two disks for the grea.
thirty-six-inch lens have been success
fully cast, and member of the firm of
Alvin Clark Il Sons recently went to
Europe to examine them, and to ascer-
tain whether either of them is suita-
bic for the lens. Ii perfect disk has
been obtained 1t is thought that the
great refractor may be mounted and in
use by 1856. Already the observatory
has twelve inch equatorial, a FOUR
inch transit, comet>seeker, a vertical
circle, and six-inch equatorial. Then,
there are five clocks connected by a
complete electrical system. Superin-
tendentFrazier states that the thirty six
inch glass, when finished, will be by fur
the most powerful one in the world.
bringing the moon within thirty miles
of the earth, whereas, eighty miles is
the limit OF existing telescopes. The
wonders which such a glass will dis
close can hardly be foretold.-S Science.