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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
Poets as Husbands.

Some of the NAMES in our list Of men
of letters who were married arc not
those of authors who depended or de-
pend-for some are still living on their
writings for subsistence, but nearly all
depend on their writings for their rep
utation. AS all these men were hus-
bands and most of them fathers, such
list may serve to show that husbands
and fathers need not despair of achiev-
ing reputation as authors, though In
literature, as in other pursuits, a man
generally secures some measure OF
success before he marries. This, how
ever, is far from being always the case.
ST. Augustine was a father, if not q
husband, before he was a saint or au-
thor. The married poets, it might be
noticed, are numerous. Few of the
best are missing. This is exactly "a
might have been expected. The genu-
inc poet is, above all things, lover.
If some eminent poets are missing from
our list-which, by the way, does not
pretend to be exhaustive-it would be
rash to accuse them of insensibility to
the fascination of the fair, for by the
missing name there usually hangs sad
tale of disappointed love. Camoens,
for example, was twice banished be-
cause of his passion for one of the
Queens ladies'" at the Court of Lis
bon, and, although his love was re-
turned, the fates were so unkind that
she died before he could claim her.
1t would take volume to notice all
the interesting facts about authors and
their wives. Here are few: OF Tycho
Brahe we read that "being great adj
mirer of the fair sex, he conceived q
violent inclination for Christina, a
beautiful country girl, the daughter of
neighboring peasant, and alienated
his family till the King commanded
them to be reconciled to him." John
Knox, in spite of his "Blast of the Trum-
pet Against the Monstrous Regiment of
Women" married two of them, and had
children by both.
Sir John Vaudeville "religiously de-
| clined an honorable alliance with the
Sultan of Egypt, whose daughter he
might have espoused if he would have
| abiured Christianity" Burton, as far
as we have been able to learn, was
| never married. This is as we expected.
The Anatomy of Melancholy" is not
the kind of book that anybody but a
lonely bachelor would think of writing.
Young, author of might Thoughts, "
married lady with money, and so did
DR.. johnson. Cruden, the author OF
the Concordance, tried to do the
same, and addressed numerous pam
phlets to the object of his choice, but
she remained obdurate in spite of these
and other extraordinary means of WOO
| ing.-PdU Mall Gazette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

"SoME men cannot keep from COM
hitting crime" said Warden Pillsbury,
of Blackwells Island. "One of the
many prisoners in the Albany Peniten-
tiary is now in my mind. He was born
a thief. Term after term of imprison-
ment failed to make him an honest
man, but he was not a cruel fellow.
On one occasion he fell very sick in
prison, and though he received the best
of medical care and nursing in the hos
pital, it was long pull with him. Yet
he recovered and gradually got back
his strength. He was very grateful for
the care which he had received. Soon
after he left the penitentiary hospital
his time expired. accompanied him
to the boat as he was going to New
York, and on the way endeavored to
impress upon him that it would be
much better if he became an honest
man. He thanked me for the great
kindness which had shown him, and
with tears in his eyes said he would
never forget me. Yes, Warden he
fairly sobbed, the first good gold
watch that can steal in New York I'll
send you by express Stealing was a
business with him, and he meant just
what he said"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
Turning Human Faces to Clay.

~The most powerful experience i
ever went through" said Mr.. Gilmore,
the famous bandmaster, "was when i
accepted the invitation of a large
chronological establishment in New
York 10 have my bust taken at their
expense. / went TO the studio at the
hour fixed and was to be met there by
a well-known sculptor, who had courte-
ously undertaken to do the modelling
himself. BY some unfortunate mis-
chance he failed to put in an appear
ance. Two apprentices were vigor-
ously stirring the liquid plaster of
paris, or whatever villainous com
pound is used for the purpose. After
about half an hours waiting it was
decided to proceed in the great mans
absence, and | was invited to disrobe.
a much-besplattered white sheet
was wrapped round my neck and
shoulders tightly, aud my face and hair
were literally creased to prevent the
plaster sticking TO the flesh. Pieces OF
paper were stuffed in my mouth, nose,
and ears, and L was told to shut my
eyes. No sooner had | done so than
my prosecutors commenced pouring
the liquid on my head. One poured
while the other pressed the rapidly
hardening compound SO as to fill every
recess and get cast of every feature.
They poured a great deal too much on,
and soon my head was encased in a
mask as hard as iron. The heat was
insufferable. | could not move my
head, for the awful weight threatened
to dislocate my neck if / did; my eyes
seemed being pressed into my brain,
and, the paper circlets not proving
adequate for their purpose, L began to
feel the first symptoms of suflocation.
/ could not call out, and believed my
self to be dying.
But my troubles had barely COM
commenced. The apprentices had not
fixed the center-board, or slit, proper
ly, and when they mercifully decided
TO release me they found the cast would
not come in half as it usually does.
In successful operation the two halves
are joined together after removal and
perfect reproduction of the face and
head easily produced. But in my case
both dividing board and grease had
been overlooked, and the only course
left was to smash the mask off. Mallet
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

The last consular report of Mr.. Tan
ner, the American Consul at ChemnitZ,
Saxony, contains an instructive chapter
on the subject of metal cross ties for
use on railroads. The advantages of
the metal tie over the wooden tie are
obvious; their use instead of the latter
is in some localities almost necessary.
The principal disadvantages of the
wooden tie, where it can readily be OBJ
tanned, are its liability to decay, its
Welding to the pressure of the rails
thus producing unevenness of track, its
yielding to the pressure of the spikes
thus tending to alter the gauge, and
the liability of the spikes to be forced
out of yielding wood. AS long ago as
1873, at a conference of leading Ger.
man engineers at Berlin, the wooden
cross-tie system was pronounced made
quate to the requirements of modern
railways. The advantages claimed fol
the metal tie as summed up by this re
port are: First, its durability, stee
tie and at twice the cost of wooder
tie lasting four times as long; second
its economy, for when broken or other
wise injured its original cost is bu
slightly impaired, for it can be remeltec
and used again; third, its firmness ant
power of resistance to heavy burdens
and great speed; fourth, an advantage
which becomes a practical necessity il
many places-it can be procured wher,
wooden ties are very difficult to obtain
and then very expensive.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
HORACE GREELEY.
The Famous Editor Believed the North
should Have Paid for the Slaves.

Rlchlnond wa special
The Rev. DR.. William Norwood, a prom
inent Episcopalian clergyman of this city,
was the minister who performed the mar
riage ceremony on the occasion of the we'd
ding of Horace Greeley, who was then an
unknown young man, though giving
promise of future prominence. DIR.
Norwood was at the time rector of
church in North Carolina, and the future
Mrs. Greeley was q school-teacher living
in the same parish. When Mr.. Greeley
visited North Carolina on his counting ex-
petitions he and DIR. Norwood struck up
an acquaintance which a,ted to the close
of Greeley's life. At the end OF the war,
when Greeley visited Richmond to go on
Jefferson DAVIS bail bond, he sought out
DR.. Norwood, his old friend, and discussed
the late war very earnestly with him, each
trying TO convince the other. The sub
ject of this debate is made public to-
day by DR.. Norwood. The point
which caused their warmest express
sons of differing opinion was DR.. Nor
woods assertion that the North was legally
and morally bound to pay the South tho
full market value of the liberated slaves.
Greeley at first treated the proposition as
monstrous. finally. however saying: Il
will think over the subject as you have pre-
sented il and see YOU before / leave Rich
mond. when / will let you know my con-
clusion."
When Mr.. Greeley returned later in the
day, he said to his old friend doctor,
have thought it over and, after weighing
the matter calmly, am convinced that the
North ought to pay the South for the
slaves"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

THE Republican Centennial Paris
Exhibition of 1850 is now being stead
ily organized. The foundations are
already being prepared in the Champ
de Mars, where wooden fence is being
run up round the intended grounds,
and the works will be regularly carried
on through the winter to provide en-
ployment for the hundreds of men who
would otherwise be idle during the
cold weather. The colossal Eiflel
Tower will probably stand at the en-
trance of the Pont de Jena, on the left
bank of the Seine, and after the exhi-
bition will remain the inventors pri-
vate property for twenty years, then
passing TO the Government. The gar
dens are to be especially extensive and
beautiful, and will be illuminated by
the electric light.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

Don JOSE FERNANDEZ DE VELAsCo,
Duke de Frias, has been appointed
Project of Madrid. He is one of the
first Spanish grandees; but for the
past fifteen years has lived in entire
seclusion. Why? Because he lured
away from her husband and welded
Lady Champion, daughter of the
musician Bale and wife of the English
Minister at Madrid. He and his i'll
won bride were not received at court
or in society, and so went to live in re-
tirement at Biarritz. a few years later
she died, but he remained IN retire
ment, and probably never would have
returned to Madrid had it not been for
the ambition of his second wife, the
beautiful Princess Pignatelli, who
wants to shine as the bright, particular
star of the Spanish court.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

For more than 400 years the Swedish
Lake Hjelmar has kept alive more or
less bitter strife between the farmers
living on its shores, the mill-owners at
the outlet, and the shippers who carry
on considerable freight traffic on its
waters. The interests of the latter de-
mand a mean depth of water at the
outlet, which is narrow and constantly
filling up, that is ruinous to the farm
ers, and has led to revolts more than
once. In 1922 the farmers burned the
mills, and 100 years ago they refused to
pay taxes on their land on account Of
the encroachments of the lake. Ten
years ago they decided to try another
method, and now through a system of
canals and dredging at the outlet the
apparently impossible feat of reconcil-
ing the warning interests has been ac-
| complished, the water has been lowered
six feet in the lake, while the indus
| trial interests have been conserved.
| The farmers who have prosecuted the
work with the aid of the state, that
loaned 100000 kroner, less than
81, 900, 900, for the purpose, have
gained 10000 acres of valuable land.
The work is nearly completed, only
minor details remaining to be finished
next year In dredging at the outlet,
stones weighing over 20,000 pounds
had to be raised.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

The Louisville Courier-Journas
tells this story of "Tom" Corwin and
his ready repartee: Gov. Brough was
once matched against Corwin, and in
the midst of his speech he said: Gen
tlemen, my honored opponent himself,
while he breaches advocacy of home
industry, has a carriage at home which
he got in England-had it shipped
across the ocean to him. How is that
for supporting home industry and
labor?' When Corwin came on the
stand, he made great show of embar-
rassment, stammered, and began slow
ly: We'll, gentlemen, you have heard
what Mr.. Brough has to say of my
carriage. 1 plead guilty to the charges,
and have only two things to say in my
defense. The first is that the carriage
came to me from an English ancestor
as an heirloom, and had to take it.
Again, 1 have not used it for seven
years, and it has been standing in my
back yard all the time, and the chick
ems have converted it into roost.
Now, gentlemen with steady look at
Brough, 1 have nothing further to say
in my defense; but 1 would like to
know how Brough knows anything
about my carriage, if he has not been
visiting my chicken roost.'"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

The crown jewels of France are
positively to be sold after very brief
delay. The reason of their not being
disposed of before was the inevitable
quarrel that always arose among the
members of the Municipal Council re-
speeding the disposal of their price.
Now it has been definitely settled that
the Jewels are to be sold first, and the
destination of the funds arising from
the sale is to be decided upon after
ward. 1t is just as we'll that they
should be disposed of. Apart from the
historic gems and some few artistic
pieces, they form as commonplace a
collection of rubies, sapphires, tur-
quoises, and diamonds as ever graced
a window in the Palais Royal. There
are more of them, that is all. The
Regent, the MazariD diamonds, and q
sword or two, and some fore gn orders,
will be placed on view later in the jew
el-room of the galleries of the Louvre
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
Jhs Trne 4urthsrner.
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.

WHEN someons went into the Office OF
the Herald the other day and inquired
for James Gordon Bennett the man.
ager had to have half an hour to find
whether he was in England, France,
China, Australia, Russia, or the Cana
ny Islands. He had just answered that
Mr.. Rennett was at the latter place
when that gentleman walked upstairs
with his grip, having landed only fif-
teen minutes before.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

AT Jacksonville. KY, Joe Demines,
a colored boy of that town, went down
to the levee, where the steamer Min
ME Bay was unloading some freight.
Just as the boat pulled out she blew
her whistle. Immediately afterward
the boy lost his power of speech, and
has since only been able to make him
self understood by signs. He is about
Is years of age, and is very intelli-
gent hoy. He has not been i'll since
the unfortunate accident, and suffers
no inconvenience but the loss of his
voice
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
A New Kind of Dog.

what kind of dog is that you
have ?" asked the editor, addressing the
foreman OF the composing-room
Il call him compositor dog" was
the answer. Its name / invented
myself" said the foreman as he helped
himself to cigar from the editors box.
"Why do you apply the name to him
What resemblance does dog bear to
a compositor or vice versa?'
swell, this dog is setter
Then the editor with a. melancholy
look turned to complete his article on
"the lesson of the late strikes. Dos
ton Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

A VERY exhaustive sermon on what
can be done by laboring men for them
selves, is preached in few lines by
the statement that workmen's cooper
alive stores in England have, during
twenty years, done business to the ex-
tent of e275, 200, with net profits
amounting to e22,000,000. In one
year the sales were nearly $50, 900, 900.
Transactions to the extent of $50, O00.-
600 in single year, in which all the
profits of the middleman went to the
consumer. effect good deal more for
labor than is likely to be gained by
several years of strikes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
A Short Chat AbOut Oatmeal.

No one can live long in Scotch
community without noticing the health
full look of the children, whose food
consists largely of oatmeal, compared
with those fed on fine grains, or even
greats, which are the same, only with
out the husks. This chaff or husk,
however, which is left in the meal,
contains some points that act as a stim-
ulant on the coats of the bowels to
keep them active without medicine,
and render this food of great benefit to
the dyspeptic. There is no method of
cooking oatmeal equal to the making
of porridge, and when properly pre-
pared it is generally favorite dish fos
breakfast. "What makes your oatmeal
porridge so good2" is frequent ques-
ton in our house from strangers, and
they think the meal must be of supe-
rior quality. But to prepare it prop
erly the water must be boiling, neces-
sary salt added, and the oatmeal then
stirred in slowly by sitting it through
the fingers. The process must not be
hurried il Jumps would be avoided.
When it begins to boil up we'll, stop
stirring and close the pot tightly. Set
at the back of the stove while you cook
the rest of the breakfast. Lift the por-
ride without any more stirring, as it is
this that breaks the grain and makes it
waxy. The Scotch do not stir with q
spoon, but with q smooth, fattcned
stick called "spurtle, that any one
can make according to his own idea.
This gives more evenness to the mix
ing, and if cooked in this way the por-
ridge will be sweet, whole-grained, and
wholesome. Annie L. Jack, IN Good
housekeeping.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

confusion? Some would not dare to
go to their places of business; some
would not dare to come home at night;
some would leave the city; some would
commit suicide. Remember, young
men, that in the retina of the All-sce-
ing Eye there is nothing hid but shall
be revealed on the last day.-WatcA
man
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09
The Wife'S MOther-in.law.

The wife's mother-in-law Is neg
lected being. The husbands mother
in-law has been served up and berated
from time immemorial, but from the
way the average wife's mother-ins law
is let alone one would suppose that she
is O perfect person. 1t is high time
that word should be said about her.
No woman that ever lived has proved
herself faultless in the eyes of her sons
wife. In the first place no woman ever
believes that any girl is quite good
enough for her boy, and if circum-
stances make her home and that of her
daughter-in-law identical she is more
likely than not to make life more or
less Intolerable for the wife A man
can escape from the mild seventies or
irritating suggestions of his mother-in-
law. He can go to town, to the
club, he has a hundred refugees from
his domestic intiiction, but if her
mother-in-law is an inmate of her home
q woman must suffer early and late.
She must bear to be told a thousand
times year that 81 never managed my
servants, or treated my husband, or
entertained guests, or darned my
cnllufenS stockings as you 40.
man has, take it altogether, much
more endurable mother-in-law than a
woman ever has. When mother gives
her daughter to be married she gener-
ally makes the best of it, and though
she may annoy her son-in-law to a GER
to extent she has none of the ex-
tensive and interminable facilities for
nagging which lie with wife's mother
in-law. And if any man doesn't be-
lieve it let him try for six months to
keep house at home with his mother
Naturalization Record.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

Mr.. DANA, of the New York Sun,
declares that the most difficult subject
for newspaper reporter to handle well
is a big fire. 1t has, he says, so many
varied and varying aspects; its cause
must often be ascertained from lips
that are panic-stricken; its immediate
and remote consequences must be
noted; the companies in which the
burned property was insured, the
amounts of the several policies, and the
extent of the damage to owners and
tenants must be learned promptly and
accurately, although most of the suf-
ferers are loath to impart such informa-
ton, because the next morning they
NAV wish TO revise their estimates.
Particularly when the fire occurs al
night, and must be reported at once, is
the task a difficult one. No good city
editor would "kill" good descriptive
matter about a big fire. Mr.. Dana'i
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

and chisel were used, producing az
effect like conclusion of the brain.
Finally my face was freed, and / was
able to breathe and make few remarks
to the boys on their carelessness. Then
it transpired that they had omitted to
grease behind my ears, and the plaster
adhered to the skin like glue. To re-
move the former the latter had to be
torn away, and when at last l got away
/ was mass of blood and sores. After
two weeks medical attention L got
about right, but the memory is still
fresh -
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

EBENEZER-"And are you sure, Sarah,
YOU don't love me? have been persistent,
/ know, but wanted your love. Don't Won
think you'll miss mey' SARAH don't
know. l see so much Of you that i don't
know whether Id miss you or NOT Give
me fair trial, and stay away a month,
won't you?" Ebenezer tbitterly)-"A month!
Might as we'll call it a year, Sarah
"Well, let's call il year, then"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

last experience in reporting such an
event was in Blocker street in 1S47.
when ten or twelve buildings were
burned.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

Nor exactly the square thing-The "cart-
wheel" silver dollar.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

BEN BUTLER waddles in patent
leather pumps.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-09

ALWAYS attending to the paneO of others
"A glazier.