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Some Smart Young Men.

Klopstock began his Messiah" at
the age of II.
Thomas Moore began to write poems
at the age of IA.
Milton began 10 WOO the muse when
he was but 10 years old.
The poet Southey began to write
verses before he was IL.
Schiller wrote and published poem
on Moses in his l4th year.
Henry Kirk White published a
volume of poems at the age of II.
Dickens had produced "Pickwick
Papers" before he was -.
Bryant's "Thanatopsis" was publish
ed before the writer had reached the
age of 20.
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet" he
did write it-when he was only 80
years of age.
Bulwer Lytton, Bayard Taylor and
the poet Keats were successful maya
zine writer's at Is.
Fitz-Green Halleck's best verses
were penned when the author was be-
tween IA and II years of age.
Poems by Chaucer were known and
read before the writer had reached his
twelfth year, and Leigh Hunt made a
stir at the age of 13.
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A Valuable Medical Treatise.

1A1e edition for 1857 of the sterling Medical
Annual. known as Hostettcr's Almanac, is now
ready and may be obtained, free OF cost, OF
druggists and general county dealers in all
parts Of Tho United States. Mexico, and indeed
in every civilized portion OF the. Western Hem
isphere. This Almanac has been issued regu-
larly at the commencement OF every year for
over one fifth OF century. II combines, with
the soundest practical anvsce for the preserva-
ton and restoration Of health. large amount
Of interesting and amusing bgh: reading. and
the calendar, astronomical calculations, chr0n.
illogical items. ETC. are prepared with great
care. and will be found entirely accurate. The
issue OF Hostetters Almanac for 1887 will prob.
ably be the largest edition OF medical work
ever published in any country. The proprie-
tors. Messrs Hostetter & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa,
ON receipt Of two-cent stamp, will forward .
copy by mail TO any person who cappot procure
one in his neighborhOod.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30
Pins.

Pins are supposed to have been in
vented in France, in the fifteenth CEN
tury. One of the prohibitions of a
statute, relating to the pin-makers OF
Paris of the sixteenth century. forbid
any manufacturer to open more than
one shop for the sale of his wares, ex-
cept on New Years Day and on the day
previous. Hence we may infer that ii
was customary to give pins as New
Years presents. At length it became
a practice, in many parts of Europe,
for the husband to allow to his wife a
sum of money for this purpose. We
see here the origin of the phrase "pin-
money" which is applied to designate
the sum allowed to the wife for her
personal expenses generally.
Prior to l443 the art of making pins
from brass wire was not known in Eng
land. Until that period they were
made of bone, ivory, or lockwood.
Brass pins are first mentioned in 1888,
when those of foreign manufacture
were prohibited.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30

A NEW treatment for whooping-
cough, highly recommended and re-
ported to be prompt and effectual, is a
two-per-cent solution of resorcine in
hailed in form of spray by aid of hand
atomizer, the inhalation to be practiced
during about five minutes every three
hours. AS resorcine is recently dis
covered powerful disinfectant or germ
icide, its prompt action in relieving
whooping-cough is an additional proof
that this disease is one of the germ dis
eases, that it is the result of irritation
caused by the Judgment of minute
spores in the delicate membranes OF
the air passages, and that the persist
ent cough is natures method and effort
to dislodge the intruders.- DR.. Foote's
Health Monthly.
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AN ancient Arabian philosopher

AN ancient Arabian philosopher said
"My son, go not out of the house in
the morning till thou hast eaten some.
thing; by so doing, thy m,nd will be
more firm; and shouldst thou be in
suited by any person, thou wilt find
myself more disposed to suffer pa
tiently; for hunger dries up and dis
orders the brain" Hunger diminishes
the bodily strength, thus irritating and
embedding the mind. If study has tc
be done IN the dark winter mornings,
have the room warm, and some ligh,
food prepared for the student. Irrita.
bility is often the result OF hunger.
Some persons who are naturally anna.
BILE will become disagreeable snarlers
when they are hungry. A dear old
lady once told us that in the course OF
her life she had always traced every
feeling of irritabilitv to hunger. The
instant she felt the slightest inc.ina.
ton to be dissatisfied with matters and
things she had something to eat, and
thus averted disagreeable results.
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Artesian Wells in China.

The following interesting description
of the process adopted in China for
drilling artesian wells is given by
Liable Hue: If there be a depth OF
three or four feet OF soil on the surface,
they plant in this a tube of hollow
wood, surmounted with q stone in
which an orifice of the desired size OF
three or four inches has been cut.
Upon this they bring to work in the
tube rammer of three or four hun
dred pounds weight, which is notched
and made a little concave above and
convex below. A strong man, very
lightly dressed, then mounts on q scat
folding and dances all the morning on
n kind of lever that raises this rammer
about two feet, and then let's il fall by
its own weight. From time to time a
few pals of water are thrown into the
hole to soften the rock and reduce it to
pulp. The hammer is suspended to q
rattan cord not thicker than your
finger, but as strong as our ropes OF
catgut. This cord is fixed to the lever,
and triangular piece of wood is at
tached to il by which another man, sit
ting near, gives il a half turn, so as to
make the rammer fall in another direc-
tion. At noon this man mounts on the
scaffold and relieves his comrade till
the evening, and at night these two are
replaced by another pair of workmen.
When they have bored three inches
they draw up the tube. with all the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30
The Height OF Great Men.

A correspondent inquiries of us il
there is any truth in the general belief
that the leaders of any particular age
are large men, "or is IL merely super
stition?"
There is modicum of truth in it.
While there are numerous exceptions,
1T seems to be fact that great poets,
ess eyists, scholars and philosophical
thinkers are, as a rule, small; while
great generals, orators, and politicians
those who are engrossed in doing
rather than thinking-are. as a rule,
above the average size of man. There
is reason for it; those who possess
the most vitality are apt to make the
biggest noise in the world. Washing
ton was large man; so were Cortez,
Charlemagne, and Wellington; so were
Webster, Clay, Tom Corwin, Tom
Marshall, Lincoln, Chase, Sumner; SO
are Gladstone, Bismarck, Ferry, Cleve-
land, James O.. Blaine, and General
Sherman. When men who have won
distinction are not tall, they generally
make it up in breadth, like Bonaparte,
Stephen A. Douglas, and Sheridan.
The thinkers of the world have gen.
orally been small; as Cicero, Aristotle,
Bacon, Alexander Hamilton, and
Oliver Wendell Holmes. The mem
bers of the Senate, ever since that body
was established, have been, it is al
legged, about an inch taller than the
average height of American men. Sue
cessful American editors have gener-
ally been tall men, averaging six feet
high and over two hundred pounds !:
as the elder Bennett, Thurlow Weed,
James Watson Webb, Horace Greeley,
Wilbur +. Storey, Murat Halstead
Joseph Medill, Whitelaw Reid, Joseph
Pulitzer and Charles A. Dana-all fine
specimens of full-grown men.
Great orators are almost always large
men, and such specimens as Joseph
Cook, Henry Ward Beecher, Col.
Robert G.. lngersoll, Mr. Moody,
Roscoe Conkling and De Witt G.. Tai
mage are familiar to the eye of the
present generation of Americans.
These orators are not only alike in
weighing 225 pounds apiece, but they
further resemble each other in posses
sing keen sense of both humor and
pathos, and in being coarse-grained-
of the earth, eartny. If they had not
been coarse of texture they would have
died young, and if they were not large
they would have lacked the physical
strength to surpass in the sharp COM
petitions of their time. In New York
it is proverbial that the great mer-
chants outweigh their clerks. Wash
i7lQtOn Post.
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BabylOn's Hanging Gardens.

According to Herodotus, the walls of
Babylon were 60 miles in circumfer-
ence, 81 feet thick, and $50 feet high,
built of brick, and contained 20 gates
of solid brass and $50 towers. The
ruins of Birs-Nimrood are supposed by
some writer's to be the tower of Babel
OF the Scriptures, or the Temple OF
Belus described by Herodotus. The
base OF this tower measures 2 0S2 feet
In circumference; its remains, con-
structed of the most beautiful mason
ry, are % feet in breadth. The hang
ing gardens arc variously described.
They are said TO have formed square,
with an area of nearly four acres, but
rising in terraces curiously constructed
with stone pillars, across which were
placed stones, covered with reeds and
bitumen. and again with bricks united
by cement; above these, sheets of lead.
to prevent moisture from flowing down,
and finally q sufficient layer of earth
the summit being elevated 300 feet
above the base, so that at a distance the
whole presented the appearance of q
pyramidal wooded hill. There was a
large reservoir at the summit, which
was filled with water by pumping from
the Euphrates, for the irrigation of the
gardens, and the supply of their nu-
merous fountains. Fountains and ban.
quoting rooms were distributed
throughout the numerous terraces
groves and avenues of trees, as we'll as
parterres of flowers, diversified the
scene, while the view of the city and
neighborhood was extensive and mag
nificant
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30
Curing Patient Who Was Very Deaf.

Sir William told us the following de-
licious tale of simple unreasoning
faith in quacks: An elderly man con-
suited him about stomach complaints,
but there was formidable obstacle to
diagnosis in the patient being horn
deaf. what do you have for dinner 2"
roared Sir William into his right lug.
"Oh, mol" was the reply, plenty of
that-two miles regularly after break
fast and two more before dinner. {"
"How long do you lie abed of morn
ing?" well, doctor, shall be 90 this
day three weeks" Without further
parley the Doctor gave him some sim
pie prescription, the form and manu-
script of which he seemed much to adj
mire for a little, and then, Offering his
fee, he retired. But at the door he
turned round, and, in the loud, rafting
tones of one long very deaf, called out !:
doctor, can you cure deafness?" SIR
William bowed, shook his head, and
made his lips express: "No." II
thought so! You have been very kind
to me. Therefore 1 make you welcome
to this prescription, which he pulled
from his pocket, adding: at cured
me "-PdU Mall Gazette.
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The Parrot and the Monkey.

A Parrot was swinging in her cage
under tree when a Monkey owned at
the next house came over to Boast that
he had the Wisest Mistress in the
World. The Parrot squawked and
cackled and resented the Allegation,
and Added:
mo one can compare with my own
mistress for true wisdom"
The subject was being Holly Dis
puted, when down flew the Grow, and
it was agree to leave il to him.
"Why, Ladies and Gentlemen" said
the Grow, "the Fact that neither of
them Has even good Common Sense is
Proved off-hand by their Keeping the
likes of you for Petsl"
Moral: Our Defenders are Some
times the Best Witness Against u.s.
Detroit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30
A POETS Callers.

Tennyson refuses to submit to one
penalty of successful authorship-an
open door to all callers. Acting upon the
common-law maxim. "A mans house is
his CASTLE" he refuses to let down the
draw-bridge, save to those whom he has
summoned to his presence.
Longfellow, living lii n land where
no poet nor candidate for the Presi-
dency can reside in castle, cheerful Y
paid the penalty and kept an open
door. In his diary, under the date of
Dec. Is, 1916, he records:
"Mr. T, Of York, England, q
Quaker, called with his travelling
friend-a visit which l must take as an
honor, as it was paid to me as an au-
thor"
Mr.. T and his friend were the
first of long procession which
stretched out to the end of the poets
life. 1t was motley procession. made
up of all sorts and conditions of men
and women, from lords and ladies TO
boys and girls. Many who were in dis
tress, and not few of those in debt,
called upon the genial poet, whose
hand welcomed them all.
poets study, and throwing down with
vehemence a red, printed paper, ex-
claimed:
"Therel that's what L want to do,
and" dashing a pocket-book upon it,
"that's why L can't do it, that empty
PURSE"
On the handbill, in large black let
tiers, was, Go will give Sc
lect reading" ETC. He then, without
being invited, began to recite Emerson
then. the Building of the Ship" In
fragments. Having ended his volun-
tary recitation, he confded to the poet
that he, the reader, was in want of
funds to go on with his poetic read
ings. He added as a reason why he
should be aided, that he purposed
going on to the stage, and had great
plans for the reformation of the drama.
When Mr.. Longfellow declined to
furnish the funds the youth rose, shut
the pocket-book, thrust it into his
trousers pocket, buttoned his coat
across his breast and said.
Il don't want you to do it unless you
had rather do it than not But i
thought if it turned out well this might
be the beginning of a friendship be-
tween us.
Most men would have frozen" the
callow young man out, but the sym
pathetic poet spoke soothingly, and SO
Gained him that he stayed to tea
Youths Communion.
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Storm Signals.

AS the coming Of great storm Is heralded
by the display Of cautiouary signals, 80 - the
approach OF that dread and fatal disease, Con-
SUMPTION Of the Lungs, usually announced IN
asvance by p.mpie, Dlotches, eruptions, ul-
Gers, glanduiar swellings aud Kindred outrdrd
manifestations Of the internal blood poison,
TEN, attacks the deicste tissues OF the lungs,
causing them To uicsrate and br. ak down. Dr.
Pi,rces Golden Medical Discovery" Is the
great remedy for this, a for all d seases hav-
ing their origin in bad blood Ii improves tho
appetite aud digestion, increases nutrition and
builds up the wasted System
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THE field for geographical explori

The field for geographical explora-
ton is not yet exhausted even in Eu-
rope. Schrader states that in the
north of Spain several ranges of noun
tains exist, some reaching height OF
10000 feet, which have no place on any
geographical map. In the Aran Valley
another discovery has recently been
made. Triangulation showed q gar
untitled between two chains of peaks
which approached from different sides,
had been supposed to foIm single
range, and further exploration proved
that the gap contained large and
hitherto unknown lake.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30

By observing how far the sun has to
sink beneath the horizon before tn g
topmost summit of the air is cut off
from its rays, Monsieur Bravais, some
years ago, determined the greatest up
ward limit of twilight 10 be 1880
feet, or nearly seventy-one miles above
the sea-level. BY observing the earth's
shadow on the moon during eclipses
astronomers had inferred that the at
mosphere must be sufficiently dense to
produce twilight for at least 100000
feet away from the earth's surface.
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How to Save Money.

Wherever you live. you should write to
Hallett x Co., Portland, Maine, aud learn about
work that you can do while living at your own
home at profit Of at least from So to s25 and
upwards daily Some have made over So in
a day. All is new. Either sex All ages
Hallett X Co. will start you Capital not
needed. Ali particulars free. Send along
your address at once and all Of the above will
be proved to you Nothing like 1t ever known
TO workingmen
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InnOrtauf

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage, expressage, and 81 carriage hire, and
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite
Grand Central Depot
6l3 rooms, fitted up at cost OF one million
dollars, 81 and upwards per day European
plan Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the
best HORSE cars, stages, anu elevated rail-
road to all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other first-class hotel in the city
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matter it is loaded with, 10y means of q
great cylinder, which serves to roll the
cord on. In this manner these little
wells or tubes are made quite perpen-
dicular-to a depth of from fifteen to
eighteen hundred feet, French-and as
polished as glass. When the rock is
good the work advances at the rate of
two feet in twenty-four hours. so that
about three years are required to dig a
wall
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30

Ask for Rough on Dirt" A perfect washing
powder found at last harmless, extra fine,
A l article, pure and clean sweetens, freshens,
bleaches, and whitens without TIE slightest in
jury TO finest fabrics. Unequaled for fine linens
and laces, general household, kitchen, and laun-
dry use. Softens w8ter: saves labor and soap.
SC, loo, 25c. At druggists or grocers.
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Hoods SarsaparMa

This successful medicine Is n carefully. pared
extract OF the best remedies OF tho vegetable
kingdom known to medical science as Alternatives,
Blood Purifiers. Diuretics. and TONES. such rs
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock. Stillingia. Dandelon,
Juniper Berries, Mandrake, Wild Cherry Bark
and other selected roots, barls and herbs. A
medicine like anything else, can be fairly judged
only by its results. We point with satisfaction to
the glorious record Hoods Sarsaparlla has en-
tered for Itself upon the hearts Of thousands of
people who have personally or indirectly been
relieved of terrible suffering which all other
remedies failed to reach. Sold by all druggists.
81; six for SIS. Made only by c. l. HOOD & CO.,
Apothecares, Lowell, Mass.
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YOUNG or dle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility or kindred affections, should
address with 10 cents IN stamps for large treat
Use, Worlds Disponsary Medical Association,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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II bilious or suffering from impurity of
blood, or weak lungs, and fear of consumption
(-crofulous d sease of the lungs, take Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery," and it
VIII cure you BY druggists.
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Mr.. ARTHUR SHURTLEFF, Parker Da-
kota, writes that he suffered two years with
lame knee. which was entirely cured by
the use of st. Jacobs Oil. He considers
il a most wonderful remedy. 1t conquers
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"RoUou on Rats" clears out rats. MICE 15c.
Rough ON Corns"-hard or soft corns. l5c.
Rough on Toothache. Instant relief. $50.
though ON Dentist Tooth Powder, loo.
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MENsMAN's Peptonized Beef Tonic, tho only
preparation of beef containing it, entire n't-
tritiOus properties IL contains blood making,
force generating, and life sustaining proper
ties; invaluable for INDIGESTION, dyspepsia,
nervous prostration, and all forms of general
debility; also in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the work of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork, or acute disease, particu-
Caswell, Hazard h Co, proprletors, New York
Sold by druggists.
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COUGHS -BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs are
used with advantage 10 alleviate Coughs, Sore
Throat, and Bronchial Affections Sold only
in bOreS
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WIDE awake or hours every night cough
ing.--Get immediate rolief aud sound rest by
using Rough on Coughs Troches. 10 cents.
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LIFE PIsEsERYER.

THE mothers favorite cough medicine for
the children. and adultS 10 Rough on Coughs
Iroches. lOcs LIQUID. 2hc
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Music has been found to exert very
perceptible effect upon the respiration
and circulation of animals as well as
human subjects.
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TOBACCO leaves-the cigar stubs that
are thrown away.
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You've ladies smile no more on Wales,
He is fat, and, horrorsl threatened with
govt.
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BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small doses
OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.
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"YUCHU-PAIBA."
CROUCH ON BILE" PILLS.

Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney,
bladder, and urinary diseases. 81. At druggists
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Mr.. l.. d. VINsoN, Cashier d. & l. r.
r., has tried and indorses Red Star Cough
Cura
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THE man who sat upon bent pin is de-
as profane upstart
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II you IRE iosing your grip on life, try Wells
Health kenewer.' Goes direct TO weak spots.
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A NEW version of an old saying is,
Look not upon the lobster when it is
canned"
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..KOuGH ON DIRT.

Small granules, small Dose big results. pleas
ant in operation, don't disturb the stomach. go.
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THE last man will, of course, be boot
maker.
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100 Doses One Dollar
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-21
london Wool.

LONDON. September 2D.-At the wool
sales to-day, competition was brisk,
and prices y ere tirmer. The details Of
to-day's sales are as follows:
Victoria Sales 300 bales; secured
9Hd O. Is Cd; secured locks ana
pieces cad a Is Cd; greasy lad a Is
ID: greasy locks and pieces SID a
l0Xd; fleece, Is AID @ Is 3D.
New South Wales-Sales 1900 bales
secured 101ld a Is 1ikd; secured locks
and pieces 1917. "a Is 5Ad; greasy I'd q
Is I'D; greasy locks and pieces I'd
a Cd; fleece, Is Al q Is I'd.
Tasmania-Sales 800 bales; secured
Is Cd @ Is sd; greasy 91d a Is 21zd,
New Zealand-Sales 2 400 bales
secured lid "a Is ND; secured locks
and pieces SID q Is 91zd; greasy I'd ais
Is I'D; greasy locks and pieces 418d q
SID; fleece, Is 211d q Is Sd.
Cape of Good Hope and Natal-SaIes
200 bales; scoured 11%d a Is Sd
greasy sd q 911d; fleece I'D q Is Cd
sneW white Is I'd q Is SGD.