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Ben's Grandfather's Watch.

1t is not generally understood that
the distinguished comedian, "Ben Ma
ginley," was educated for the church !;
however, such is the fact.
There is a story told of "Ben" re-
garding the occasion of his first coming
into possession of timepiece, which,
he says. had a great influence upon
him in after life.
There was an old verge watch. {"
which had been handed down from
father to son in his family for at least
three generations. 1t had marked the
weary time for Ben's grandfather at
Historic Valley Forge" 1t weighed
more than six of our modern watches,
and when it was in a good, healthy
condition it had tick like trip-ham-
mer
The key that went with it would open
Jail.
Now the chief hope of "Ben's" young
life was that he might one day wear his
revolutionary grandsire's watch. And
the first sabbath" that he was launch
ed into pants he prevailed upon his
kind old grandmother to allow him to
wear the heirloom to meeting. Ben is
bOIIf w liiiS uaJ tHa1 ouc inuuiBeu ulll
in his vanity.
He entered the quaint old church,
and took up his position at the elbow
Of" Sister Ruth Strange" one of the
most strict disciplinarians that ever
bent in prayer.
Tic-tic-tic went the queer old watch
in Bens pocket, as Sister Ruth turned
to him, saying, Friend Benjamin, what
hast thou in thy pocket?'
"a watch, friend Ruth" replied Ben.
"Take it out, Benjamin, for thou art
grievously disturbing the congregation
with it.
Ben reiterated, registering vow
never to wear watch again. And he
has kept his word. You may meet
him any day, and you will find his
chain is of the purest gold, but he has
a snuff box attached to it. He says
that that cannot get him into trouble.
-Teras SJtings.
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Feed for Mich Cows in Winter.

The first requisite for large yield
of milk in winter is warm stable and
plenty of dry bedding. 1t has been
proved by repeated experiments that
warming the water given cows to drink
causes perceptible increase in the
quantity of milk. 1t is better, if pos
sible, to have a variety of fodder than
to contne them to an exclusive diet,
even of the best clover hay, which,
when cut at the right season and prop
erly cured, is undoubtedly as good
steady diet as can be found, excepting,
perhaps, well-cured rowen. An oc-
casional feed of bright, well-cured
corn-fodder is also excellent for a
change, and ration of oat or barley
straw once or twice week will proba-
bly, be relished and sharpen the appe-
tite for hay. Oats, cut when in the
milk and well cured, are highly rel
ished, and produce a good yield of
milk In addition to all the above she
will eat clean, if an ordinary-sized COW,
give her daily, dividing into two feeds,
peck of mangolds, four pounds of
new-process oil-meal, four pounds of
corn-meal, and four pounds of bran.
large animal, the ration can be in
creased, but if she is small Jersey,
probably less quantity will suffice. If
mangolds cannot be obtained give
sugar beets, or even turnips, in case
neither mangolds nor beets are con-
venient. only use care to slice them and
feed directly after milking, so as to
avoid an unpleasant flavor in the milk
and butter. which is sure to occur
when turnips are fed short time be-
fore milking. Some feed decorticated
cotton-seed cake meal instead of oil
meal, but others think the quantity of
the butter made from it is not quite
equal to that of corn meal alone. 1t
requires good Judgment and experience
to properly feed and care for herd of
cattle or horses so as to keep them in
thrifty condition and avoid waste of
fodder. One of the chief requisites
for success in this direction is regular
ity in feeding and watering. Another
is to learn just the amount each animal
can digest and assimilate. 1t is better
to keep them a little short, so
that their appetites may be keen, than
to over-feed them. No more should be
given at once than will be Immediately
eaten up clean. When the hay is of
good quality three fodderings day
probably answers as we'll as more, but
when coarse, unpalatable fodder is
given, better results can generally be
obtained by feeding neat stock five
times daily. 1t is much better to alter
nate feed of poorer quality with the
good every day than to confine animals
exclusively to diet of poor hay for
any length of time. Most farmers I'M
derstand that it is not good economy
to feed all their poorest fodder when
stock first comes TO the barn, as when
this is done the change from green to
dry fodder is so great as to check
growth in young animals and cause
loss of flesh in older ones.-American
CuLticdfOr
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Word About Great Authors.

None of the English thinkers of the
first, second, or third rank have resort
ed to romance as vehicle of thought.
The only possible exceptions that oc-
cur to me are Swift, DIR. Johnson, and
Miss Martineau; but "Gulliver," "Ras-
selas," and "Deerbrook" are romances
only by courtesy for their authors.
Abroad there have been examples of
men of foremost intellectual force who
have written novels. OF these one
only, Goethe, has written true novel
in vein worthy of himself. And it is
to "Wilhelm Meister" we have those
meditations upon life, human nature,
and society; that supreme culture, and
certain Shakspearean way of looking
down upon the world as from q vantage
ground afar, which again and again re-
cur in George Eliot, and give her the
unique impression of tragic mystery
among modern novelists. Then again,
Voltaire, Rosseau, and Diderot wrote
prose fictions which may, by stretch
o. language, be called novels. But the
wit OF "Candide," the pathos of the
"Religieuse," the passion of "He' Disc,
do not make up tale fit to be placed
beside "Silas Mariner" as a complete
gem OF art in the true field OF romance.
Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Goethe,
Victor Hugo, Carlyle, may take rank
above George Eliot in the sum of the
intellect, but not in grandeur of
thought, and cleverness in expressing
it.-Printers' Circular.
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DamnneSs i'm Houses.

The absorption of rains and melting
SHOWS by the foundation and under
pining walls is a source of dampne3s
not so readily discovered as defective
roof or O naturally wet cellar, though
quite as dangerous as either, and it is
greatly aggravated when the stills of
the house or the first floor is near the
ground. If it also happens that the
ground around the house is nearly
level, then the lower part of it, the
part that is in the ground and near it,
will surely be damp. 1t is not alone
the water that falls upon the roof of a
building that must be kept from the
cellar. Even when this is caught in
cutters, brought to the ground in con-
ductors, and possibly carried off in
drain pipes to some sewer or remote
outlet, there is still the water to be
taken care of that strikes the sides OF
the building in driving storms, and
which at times is scarcely less than
that which falls upon the roof. This
is sure to follow down the walls and
find its way into the cavity in which
the house stands; for it must be borne
in mind that every house with cellar
under it occupies hole in the ground.
If this is O wet hole the house IS sure
to be q damp one. Against this there
is one mple precaution that should
never be omitted except in ATTITUDES
where it never rains; this is, con-
crete, or, better, an asphalt, pavement,
two, three, or four feet wide, the inner
edge resting against the underpinning,
entirely surrounding the house, and OF
course pitching outward. This may
not seem as picturesque q setting for
the house as to have the rich green
turf closely embracing it; it is immeas-
urably better from the common-sense
! a-d sanitary standpoint. If vines or
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-21

Sir John Hawkins, an English navi-
gator, who was born in Plymouth III
1920, enjoys in history the unenviable
notoriety of having melted and led
England's first venture in the slave
trade. Learning that negroes from the
coast of Guinea were good merchandise
for traffic in the West Indies, he fitted
out in 1862 small squadron, with
which he sailed to Africa. Capturing
on the Guinea coast three hundred me-
groes, he took them to Hispaniola
(HaytD, where he sold them so advan-
tageously that he was able from his
profits to fit out a second and larger
enterprise for the same purpose in
1864. So successful was this from q
commercial point of view that Queen
Elizabeth, after his return, granted him
permission to wear on his coat of arms
"a demi-Moor, in his proper color,
bound and captive" Hawkins made a
third voyage in 1867, and with five
hundred negroes sailed from Guinea to
Spanish America. But at this time, on
account of impending hostilities, all
trade between the Spanish settlements
and Britain was forbidden, and he
could not dispose of his cargo. In
great wrath he forced the Governor of
the town of Rio de la Hacha to surren-
der to him at the point of the bayonet,
and took possession of the province in
the name of the Queen. Then he sailed
for Cartagena, South America, where.
in spite of the embargo on trade, he
disposed of his captives. Soon after
leaving that place, however, he was at
tackled by the Spanish feet and escaped
with but two OF his vessels, and made
his way back to England, arriving there
in 1868. The losses of this voyage quite
discouraged him, and he engaged no
further in the slave trade. In 1872
Queen Elizabeth made Hawkins Treas
urer of the Navy. He served as Rear
Admiral In 1888 against the Spanish
Armada, and was knighted for his
services. In 1895 he undertook,
with Sir Francis Drake, an expedition
against the Spanish possessions in the
West Indies. Hawkins principal rea-
son for joining this expedition, for his
health was then quite feeble, was the
hope of rescuing his son, who had been
taken prisoner by the Spaniards three
years before. The expedition was un-
successful, and worn out and broken
hearted Hawkins died off the coast of
Porto Rico Nov. 81, 1895, and was
buried at sea. Hawkins also served
three terms as member of Parliament.
In connection with Drake he founded
the hospital for sailors at Chatham.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-21
Literary Prophets.

After Halls discovery of the two
moons of Mars in 1877, it was pointed
out that Swift, in "Gulliver's Travels"
had prophetically made the Liliputian
astronomers discover tho two satellites.
A still more curious circumstance is
now mentioned by DIR. Sophus from
holt, who relates that in 1851 story
was published by Hungar an author,
Maurus Jokai, in which reference was
made to the star which has recently
appeared in the Andromeda nebula.
The star, according to the story, was
revealed to royal family by the evil
spirit, who predicted death in battle to
those who could not see it. Jokai's
star was probably thing of imagin-
alton only, although there are some
reasons for believing that the tale was
founded on a Jewish tradition, which
would make it probable that the new
star" at which the world is wondering
was seen by the Jews, and has reap
peared to view after many centuries of
invisibility. In other words, the ex-
istence of such q tradition would con-
firm the conclusion that the Andromeda
star is variable of long period.
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THE HEART WILL HAVE IT'S WAY,

Poor Reason tries her best to rule,
And keep M honest grip;
Yet mon will sometimes play the fool.
And give their Wits the slip.
Lot Judgment caution or condemn.
And CONCIERGE still cry NAY"
Sweet Fancy sings her song TO them,
And gives tine heart its way
It's own delightful way
I'm spite OF oil that Thought can do;
I'm spite Of Judemens. tried and true;
And all Experience ever knew
Tho heart will have its way.
so Nature Wills told and young.
The wisest and the best,
Have caught the strain from Passions tongue
And felt her sweet unrest.
IT'S we'll to be of human kind
To own dear Natures sway;
For. midst the din. cold realms of mind,
Tho heart would loso it's way
It's own delightful way
I'm spite of Wisdom's happiest rules;
In spite OF sages and of schools;
I'm spite OF reason, were but fools
The heart will have its way.
See yonder child, by Nature lod,
No rule of life to guide;
See Prudence with her thoughtful head,
And manhood in its pride
All run in pleasures needless race,
And after folly stray
at every age, in every place,
The heart will have its way
Its own delicious way
In spite of all the head can do;
In spite of Judgment, tried and true;
In spite of sad experience, too,
ghe heart wilthave its way.
Alas for him whose heart is dead
To every generous beat;
No love-light ON his life is shed.
No sympathy he'll meet
'Tis better fur TO give the price
That fools to folly pay
Be men I'm everything but cfce,
And give the heart its way
It's own delightful way
In spite of Wisdoms golden rules;
In spite Of sages and of schools,
We're all but erring, love-sick fools
We give the heart its way.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-21

There was queer scene at the house
OF the Quaker family living in a neigh
boring city the other day. The LADY
Of the house had advertised for a ser.
want girl, and a promising one, lately
arrived, applied.
"Whin do We have your washin'
done?" asked the girl.
I'VE would wish to have thee do
it every Second day." answered the
Quakeress.
livery second day? May the saints
preserve usl Sure it's not meseh that
will wash for ye livery other day in the
week." said the girl, as she took her
departure. - Boston Erenino Record.
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green things or any sort are allowed
on the outer walls, they ought to be
trained by some means to the upper
parts, where the wind can sweep
through them, and where they will not
keep the ground next the foundation
walls moist, spongy, and porous.
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Certainly Not.

DE Guy-Whats the matter, Bag
ley? You seem to be in trouble.
Bagiey-So 1 am. lost my purse
conta mug 5000 this morning, and L
have just offered q reward for it's re-
turn, but l don't suppose I'll ever see
it again.
DE Guy lconsolingly)-Oh, I think
you will. Where did you lose ito
Baglcy-Where? Great guns. do
you suppose l would advertise for IL il
l knew where lost it?-Ph,ladelphia
Call.
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Do NOT be too emphatic in the ex-
press ;on of your opinions, my son.
once heard your mother speak of the
Bliggses as the scum of the earth.
Since then the scum" has risen, as il
always does, first or last, and will have
nothing to do with your mother or me.
Boston Transcript.
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BETTER wear out at sixty than rust
out at eighty.
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HUMOR.

SoNa of the shirt-Come rest on this
bosom.
SoSG of the Nanny goat-Bye, oh.
Baby Bunting.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-11-30
Life i'm Liberia.

The New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser reports that an American
who has spent some months in Ii
IBERIA writes privately from Mon
rovia, the capital, that it is built on
bed of iron ore, nearly pure; that
it contains 5000 inhabitants, only a
few of them white, divided into ma
tives, the Liberians, or children born
there of foreign parents, and immi-
grants. The Kroos, an aboriginal
tribe, were formerly the slave deal
ers of the coast, and each man has
blue tattoo mark in the middle of
his forehead, extending to his nose.
The women paint themselves from
head to heel, many having the Ii
berian or American flag painted on
their brows. but never the British
flag, which they hate. The girls,
rs soon as they can walk, are put
into the gree-bush, a kind of bar
barous convent, where they are
taught their duties as wemeH and
wives. They are usually sold at
birth for connubial purposes at
about Sl5 each, or half a dozen for
ST5. A man may have as many
wives as he has money to pay for
The boys are kept in the bush until
IA, when they are considered of age.
If the boys or girls disclose the Sc
crcts of their bush, or are caught
in another bush than their own, they
are publicly put to death. The
country has some 100000 aborigin-
ais, with 10000 persons of colonial
stock, and nearly all the semi-trop-
ical products are indigenous there.
The government is modelled exactly
after ours. 1t was declared an in
dependent state in 1S47, and the
year following was recognized as
such by Great Britain and France.
The climate, which was once consid-
cred fatal to Europeans, has been
recently much improved by clear
apces, drainage and the like, and
bids fair ultimately to be inhabit-
able by the Western races.
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FRANKLIN AS A WIT.
The Third Toast at the French Dinner.

When all the Ministers of the
several powers attended the negotia-
tions in Paris. after the Revolution
AIRY War, and agreed on the terms
of general peace, the British Min
ister was anxious to have the Ohio
River the boundary of the United
States, but Franklin convinced the
other Ministers that line drawn
thtongh the great lakes would be
safer for lasting peace, and it was
adopted. He was appointed to de-
scribe the line, which he did from
the French manuscripts, so as to
include the most and best of the
copper ore in the United States.
After the treaty of peace was fully
signed it was whispered that Frank
lin had gone to the windward of
them in the treaty. and they agreed
to have a dinner together to quiz
Franklin. 1t was said that the
British Minister had even spoken
very disrcspectfully of Gen. Wash
ington, as not being of any noble
family, und used to call him the
''Son of None"
For toast at the dinner the
British Minister gave: "My master,
George, in the name of the sun that
enlightens the universe"
The French Minister gave: MY
master, Louis, in the name of the
moon that enlightens the universe
when the sun hath gone to- bed.'
Franklin then gave: My friend,
George Washington, in the name of
Joshua, the son of Nun, that COM
manded the sun and moon to stand
still, and they obeyed him."
1t is said there were no more
toasts drunk that day.-Post.
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How the Thing Looks.

The bees sting is an exceedingly
complicated weapon. When it is
used as such, the sheath makes the
first wound. Inside, it so arranged
as to include tube-lik space, down
which the poison runs, are two beau
tifully constructed darts. The poi
son is gummy, but is prevented from
clogging the apparatus by gland
that secretes lubricating oil. The
queen never stings save in a conflict
with a rival queen. The worker
usually leaves its sting in the wound
it makes and dies subsequently, from
the loss. This, however, is owing to
the impatience of the person bitten.
If the victim will only endure the
pain with fortitude the insect will
work its tiny spear around and
around until it is able to withdraw
without inconvenience. A queen
will live five years, bnt she mates
but once, in early youth, and after a
time the eggs she lays, being unim-
pregnatcd, produce only drones. The
queen grub is fed upon a jelly OF
honey and pollen, which is carefully
digested by the nurse before it is
given to the royal infant.
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No Land Kantcd.

Within 100 miles of New York
there are large areas of land, which
anybody can have for cultivation
who will pay the taxes on them, and
within 100 miles of Boston tens of
thousands of acres can he had on
the same terms, with no takers. In
fact, one of the most striking phc-
nomcna of modern times is the dis
like both of the poor and the discon-
tented to get their living by farm
ing. They prefer to crowd into the
cities for life of ''luck," and when
they do not succeed they take it out
in abuse of the capitalists.
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SOCIETIES.

NT0ODSFIELD LODGE No. 317, /. O. @.
w F.-Mee.s eve rv Tuesday evening. A.
]. PEARSON, n. G.: q. g. JENNINGS, Scc'y.
VToODsFIELD ENCAMPsfENT. NO. 1853.
w Meets In Lodge Room the first and
third Friday evening of each mcnth. ASHER
0KEY, c. p; FRITZ REEF, Scribe.
MONROE LODGE NO. ls9. +. & A. NJ
w Meets at Masonic Hall in Woodssield, on
Wednesday evenings, on or before each full
moon. j. p. ScRIGGs, WsM.; JAS. Il. MoR-
RIs, Secretary.
NTOODSFIEID CHAPTER NO. 81, n. a.
w M.-Afccts In Masonic Hail, Woodsfieid.
on Monday evening after fun moon. ]. p.
SpRIGGs, NJ. f. H. p; ;JAs. Il. NORRIS, Soc'y.
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zE>Rill Arm San.S. 1t

E& Bill Arp says: 1t is Il Won
der to me that everybody don't 90
to farming. Lawyers and doctors
have TO sit about town and play
checkers, and talk about politics,
and wait somebody to quattel or
fight, or get sick; clerks, and book
keepers figure and multiply and
count, until they go to counting
stars, and the flies on the ceiling,
and the peas in the dish and the
flowers On the papering; the iewcler
sits by his window all the year
round, working on little wheels, and
the mechanic strikes the same kind
of a lick every day. These people
do not belong to themselves; they
are penned up like convicts in a
chain-gang; they can't take day
nor an hour for recreation, for they
are the servants of their employers.
There is no profession that gives a
man such freedom, such latitude
and variety of employment as such
as farming. There's no monotony
upon the farm. There's something
new every day, and the changing
word brings into action every mus
Gle in the human frame. We pillow
and hoe, and harrow and NOW, and
gather it in at harvest time. We
look after the horses and cows, the
pigs and sows. and the rams and
lambs, and the chickens and the
turkeys and the goose. We cut our
own wood and raise our own bread
and meat, and don't have to be stin-
gy of it like city folks. A friend
who visited us not long ago wrote
back from the town that his CRATE
don't seem bigger than the crown of
his hat since he sat by our great big
friendly fireplace.
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Twenty.four Hours to Live.


From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind,
who announces that he is now in
perfect health" we have the follow
ing: Zone year ago ! was, to all ap-
pearancc, in the last stages of Con-
sumption. Our best physicians gave
my case up. I finally got so low
that our doctor said l could only
live twenty-four hours. My friends
then purchased o bottle of DIR. WIN.
HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS, which considerably bene-
fitted me. l continued until l took
nine bottles, and l am now in per-
feet health"
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MUNIcTPAI.
GIIUIs(TI.

GIlRIST1AN CHURCH.-Rev. w. III. DE
~ voRE, Pastor. Social meeting and com
munion each Lords Day at l0Is o'clock A. NJ
Services on second Sunday in each month a
II o'clock A. NJ; also, O'Clock T. N. Sunday
School o'clock a. NJ,
M f.. CHURCH.--Services ut the NJ. T.
lNIs Church, Woodsficld, each Sabbath
Preaching at 1850 A. Y. and : p. NJ. Sunday
School ll.30A A. NJ. Prayefmeeting each Thurs.
day Mt p. Nj. Pastor, Rev. S. p. DOUGLASS.
DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-services nj
Il the Presbyterian Church. every two weeks
at 215 O'Clock p. NJ. Sunday School each Sun.
day at | O'Clock p. NJ. Prayer meeting each
"Wednesday evening at 6l5 o'clock. Pastor
Rev. w. T. GARRowAY.
ST,SYLyESTER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
kJ-Rcv. Father WEIsINGER, Pastor. Ser
vices at and 10 o'clock A. NJ. Sunday School
at p. N. Nespers and Bcnediction at . +. NJ.
CT. -PAUI'S GERMAN EVANGELICAL
y CHURCH.-Servicese every two weeks al
10 O'Clock &. NJ. Sunday School each Sunday
at O'Clock A. NJ. Services each alternate
Sunday at Lewisvillc at 10 o'clock A. NJ Pas
tor, Rev. A. j. WISTERIcK.