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more persons ace behind the scenes in
q princess life than in that Of young
American millionairess. The theaters
endeavor to acquaint the masses with
the interiors Of great mansions, palaces
and abodes OF the wealthy, but they
show us only the drawing-rooms and
dining-rooms. / suggest that they
speedily vouchsafe to us all
view of the bedroom of o young
lady of fashion. / don't know
how they can do it exactly, but
that is for them TO find out. Aimee
will not hesitate, il she likes the idea.
and she'll do it discreetly. / never saw
more beautiful, coy. in every way
delightful place than the sleeping room
of this yomo princess of fashion. this
eldest child of a many millionaire. The
wall paper was plain gold on faint slate
color. The gilt bedstead was pushed
against q square OF plated silk of pale
the corners. just such another square
of plated silk to the ceiling above the
wash-stand. On that were only pitcher,
bowl, soap.dish, and so on, because
running water is presumed to invite
sewer gas, but all of the choicest ware.
"A great sheet of beveled looking glass,
six feet high, swung on brass rods
above the floor in one corner for the
young woman to see her whole attire
in. She had also handsome folding
glass to reflect her ears, back hair and
neck. There was an open Fireplace
beside the hot-air register dressing
stand laden with pretty toilet boxes and
bottles; an ivory clock like a bird
cage, in which ivory canaries trilled
sweetly as each hour began; easy
chairs and a rocking chair to match the
wall paper and furniture; pretty lit
tie priedieu for the young woman to say
her prayers upon a. fashionably as
possible, and wealth of little elegan-
cies completing a general effect that
was exquisite, dainty and inviting be-
yond computation. Opening out OF
this room the young millionairess had
another apartment, where she wrote
and painted and worked, SO to speak,
but did not see it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

Gov. ALBEIT, of New Jersey, has in
hand great fight-the fight against
death. 81 will live to serve out my term
as Governor" he said few days ago.
Il have will-power enough to do that.
There is an abscess back of his ear. at
broke on the outside, thus saving my
life," said he to an interviewer; IF it
had broken on the inside it would have
killed me. A rubber tube is inserted
in the orifice and then q suction-pump
is applied for five minutes every day,
causing me to grit my teeth with pan,
though L never holler out" He has
given up all night work and most of
his day work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
Telephone Etiquette in Mexico.

The Mexicans manage the telephone
quite differently from what we do. Our
short, sharp, aud incisive style of ques-
tons and answers would not be toler-
ated in the land of the Montezumas.
There courtesy, and not business. die
tates the manner of the communication.
The regular response from the central
Office to n telephone call is @Mande
usted,' which is equivalent to AT your
command" Then preliminaries are
gone through, something "a follows:
"Good morning, senorita; how do you
do?" "yery well. thank you; what
service may render you?" Will you
kindly do me the favor of enabling me
TO speak with Don So-and-so. No. 7,7?'
with much pleasure. etc, and when
the connection is made the usual polite
introductories are gone through before
proceeding to the business in hand.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
NAPOLEON THE GREAT.

Description by One who Saw Him ai
Borodno.
Major General Yakovitch, OF the Rus
sian army, is one of the few men now
living who saw the great Napoleon on
a battlefield. The old General saw the
French Emperor at Borodino. At that
battle. Yakovitch, then mere boy,
served with a battery in grand re-
doubt which was the center OF the Rus
sian line. He gives vivid description
of the battle. When morning broke a
sea of gray mist shut out the field from
view. The voices of the enemy were
heard, the neighing of their horses aud
the rumble of artillery wheels. Then
came the thunder of the cannon, making
the very earth tremble. Three times
all the Russian gunners were killed,
and three times new men took Their
places. Bullets flew thick as hail, and
men dropped dead or mangled every
moment.
At last strange sound was heard in
the distance like lain pattering on
withered leaves. 1t grew louder and
louder until it filled the air Ike the
roar of a stormy sea. All at once a
great wave OF bright swords and he'll
NETS and horses heads came surging
up over the breastworks. 1t was the
Imperial Guard. Before the shock OF
that mighty wave the Russian center
crumbled away, q shattered wreck.
When Yakovitch came to his senses he
saw around him the corpses of has
father and his comrades. Suddenly
the tramping of hoofs called his atten-
ton to group of gayly Dire ,sed j.
GERS, and Napoleon's staff came iding
over the field. The young Russian
peered anxiously into their faces. In
his graphic language:
"They were the hard faces of Rapp
and Darn aud roadchested Sch istain.
and Nansouty, with the saber scar
across his cheek, and the low, broad
forehead and bulldog jaw of old Ney,
the bravest of them ali. There, too,
was Murat, with his white plumes, and
his braided jacket, his long, dark curls
hanging down his neck, and his riding
whip in his hand just like a circus
rider. And then the group parted sud
denly, and there was the man himself
in the midst Of them, with his face hard
and immovable as marble amid all that
blood and agony, and far-away kind
of look in those cold gray eyes of his.
as if he saw Moscow up in the sky and
could see nothing between. a glorious
victoryp cried Murat, waving his hand.
what stir therell be among the good
folks in Paris when the bullet ar
rives.' We've lost half our army in
doing it, though, growled Ney. Hadn't
we better fall back little and wait for
the re-enforcementsY Then Napoleon
turned his head slowly, just as statue
might do, and looked him full in
the face. Thou advising retreat,
Michael? That is something new, in
deed Mono falling back now. l
must date my bulletin from Moscow.
AS for the army, you can't make an
omelette without breaking few eggs"
Yakovitch says that when he heard
that he knew that God had forsaken
Napoleon, for no man save one doomed
to destruction could have spoken so
lightly of the slaughter of thousands of
brave men. In three months from that
day the French Emperor was flying for
his life across the border, with the Cos
sacks at his heels like hungry wolves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
aphernalia Of Emsrson's writing mate.

Mr.. JosEpu CaAMpERLArS, tho En-.
glish Radical leader. is tall, slim-luilt
man. He is said to look like Pit, but
the forehead is inferior to that in the
statesmap's portraits, and were it not
for certain intelligent sharpness OF
expression Mr.. Chamberlain physi-
ognomy might be set down as common
place. He walks with long stride
that is certainly not graceful. IT is only
when he is making speech that you
recognize in him leader of men. Mr..
Chamberlain is never without reply
to the sharp things said of him, and as
a rule he seems TO be the nimblest ut
the business part of hard hitting.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
Filtration Among the Mexicans.

Though the laws of propriety are so
vigorously strict that a gentleman may
not ride in the same carriage with the
lady to whom he is betrothed, yet most
desperate tlirtations are openly indulg-
ed in to an extent which would put to
blush New York, Chicago, and San
Francisco. Following a senorita up
and down the promenade and staring
intently in her face is an accepted mode
of compliment-doubtless gratifying to
the recipient, but fraught with danger
to the adorer if she happens to have
other devoted swains-and it not I'M
frequently happens that duels are the
result. she being pre-eminently the
belle who can boast the greatest num-
Der of such encounters. Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
Railroads i'm Russia.

The first railroad built in Russia was
that connect 'ng st. Petersburg with
the Imperial residence at TZarsk
Selo; il was built by the government
and was finished in 1885. The state
began in 1912 the construction of n
railroad from St. Petersburg to Mos
COW, distance of 1913 miles, and com
pleted it la 1851. Since 1896 the con-
struction of new lines has been granted
to private individuals, and i'm ,5S the
state gave up the direct management
OF those which il controlled. But the
government has always subsidized
railway companies largely by the pur-
chase of stock. and ut the present time
As $40 per cent. of all the railway
property of the country Is owned by
the state, including the entire length of
sew raj bankrupt roads. In 1915 the
railway extending into Siberia was be-
gun; this has been partly completed.
The railway joining the Black Sea and
the Caspian was finished in 1888. In
lsS0-Sl a railway for military purposes
was constructed from Michaelovsk On
the southeast shore Of the Caspian to
Kill Arvat. 142 miles long; it is now
being extended to Askabad. Ii is the
building of this railway which has 50
aroused the British with apprehensio %
concernng Russias sinister designs
against India. From q report ON the
subject We learn that in January, 1879,
there were forty-five RAILWAY companies
existing in the empire. OF this num-
Der ten had constructed their lines
wholly withou. government assistance,
while the rema ming thirty-five wero
guaranteed-fifteen to the full amount
of their capital, and the other twenty
only to partial extent. The charters
granted to railway companies are for
the most part terminal after between
seventy-five aud eighty five years, but
some small companies have charters
only for thirty-seven years. The latest
Official returns state that on Jan. 1,
1888, the total length of the railways
open for tralic in European Russia, in
GLIDING FINLAND, was Ia, 274 miles "
these open lines 1850 miles belong
TO private companies, and | GA miles
are. through bankruptcy OF their own
ers or other causes the property Of thN
state Inter Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
How a Mmionairess Sleeps.

Would you like to see how New
York belle of millionairism sleeps? asks
a correspondent, who then describes a
sacred ,partment into which he was
suffered to intrude:
i can crafty you. so far as to de-
scribe, with literal exactness, the bed
room OF young woman whose name is
printed as often as anybody's in the
society reports. Into it i was con-
Quoted quite in the same matter-of-
course way that the little lady OF the
house did everything she willed, and
there we found the knickknack which
we were seeking; for me to criticise or
admire. But confess / had eyes only
for the room. 1t was quite as interest
ing to me a, if it had been the bower
Ut q princess; more so. In fact for
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
CocoANur cellulose is a new sn

CocoANUT cellulose is new snb-
stance, and il it possesses the quality
claimed for it, England may go Lack
to her wooden walls with safety and
heat up her self-destructive rans foi
old iron. The patentees claim that q
ship cannot be sunk by shot o. shell il
only she has taken the pre-aution OF
coming into the fight with this peculiar
tissue as a great coat. When q shot,
no matter what its dimensions, strikes
the side OF the frigate the carpenter
and his mates need MT Jump 20 cram
the old-time plugs for the cellniose
Immediately closes aud not . drop OF
water will enter Chicago Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
Two Kinds Of Grandpas.

There are grandfathers and grand
fathers. Said his mother to Willie p,
whose andpa had been his playmate,
"Yes, Willie, grandpa has gone to
heaven, where all the good people and
dear little children who die, e."
And WON'T" SAYS little Willie, with
shining eyes, "and won't the little chill
d en- Jump for Joy. when they see
g'anpa coming!" But little Walter T..
is told one mo ming that his Grandpa
is dsad-gone to heaven you know,
Walter"
Il don't want to go to heaven"
"Why, Walter, why not?"
because grandpa ii be there. and
he III say. Observation-Disclosures
and shut the doOrv
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

THOMAS JORDAN, of South Lewiston.
Me-, is eighty-four years old. Last
winter he lost the use of an eye, and
didn't discern it until spring. He went
into the field, one day in the spring
time, and noticed that things looked
passing strange. He clapped his hand
to one eye. Blank darkness! One eye
was totally blind, and strangest of all,
1T had net panied him, and he had not
known it before.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

SOME families pass through surpris-
ing evolutions, intellectual as we'll as
social and financial. The English Earl
of Shaftesbury, who was contemporary
with Voltaire, was the intimate friend
and admirer of the noted Frenchman,
and was recognized as the leader of in
fidel thought in Great Britain. His
grandson, the Earl who lately died,
was the most devout and Jealous
Protestant cburchman in England.
The present Earl is strict high church
man, and is suspected of feelingstrong-
ly impelled toward Rome.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
So Changed.

Mrs. De Blank bride of year)-"I
don't see what has changed you so,
George"
George-"I have not changed"
"You have. You treat me now as
any ordinary man treats his wife.
There was time when L was not a
mere companion. / was pet /"
"les, dear; but then you never got
in pet.-Phiiadeiphia Call
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

JOHN c. CALHOUN, of Arkansas, the
hneal descendant of the great South
Carolinian, is planter when at home,
but has business which keeps him al
most constantly in New York. He is a
large and heavy man, but well proper
toned. He has an oval face, somewhat
massive in its outlines, with mild blue
eyes and small brown mustache. 1t
is Mr.. Calhoun's proud boast that he
takes no part in politics.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
RALPH WALDO EMERsoN's study in the

RALPH WALDO EMERsoN's study in the
pleasant old Concord residence is kept
just as the sage and poet left it. Over
the low mantel hangs fine copy of
Michael Angeles ~Fates." There is a
curious old Egyptian idol, choice en-
cravings on the walls, and busts of cell
ebrated men here and there about the
room. On either side of the fireplace
two doors open into the sunny south
parlor. In the center Of the room is q
large table. 1t is piled with books.
On one side lies the little blotting pad
with sheets of paper, aud by it pen
and On ink bottle. This rs all the par
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
Lacking In Disposition.

Two tramps. one OF them q young
man. the other we'll advanced in life,
had Just left q house where they had
been supplied with bountiful dinner.
Il say. Bill" queried the Younger of
he two, "where do you s'pose we'll get
our support"
The old tramp turned on him in dis
gust
Here you've INST had your dinner, ,
and You begin to wonder whore you'll
get supper. II that's the kind of dis
position you've got, young feller, you
had better cult the profession and so to
work s-Iife
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
The Moyement Cure.

If the militarism of Germany has it,
dark and Objectionable sides, it has q
least one good feature. that of devtl
oping the body, and with that the race
See those broad-shouldered men ant
women, who are able to met the hard
ships of life without being turned int
invalids ut the first shock
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

ROBERT GARRETT, of the Baltimore &
Ohio Company, is generally spoken of
as more daring Spectator than his
father. Speaking of Mr.. Vanderbilt's
death, he recently said: "The dra-
matte incident of my life was the sud
den death of Vanderbilt in my pres
ence. shall never forget it. 1t came
like fearful dream, and so swift was
the change from life to death that it
could scarcely be realized"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

ACCORDING to Philadelphia newspa-
pers the City Controller of Chicago
wrote to the Philadelphia Controller
asking what it costs to have an election
in the Pennsylvania metropolis. The
answer was returned that the last cleo
tion cost just s9l, III, and details are
given as follows:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
Moorish Women.

The lot of the female slave is said to
be miserable. From European point
of view it is doubtless so; but that fe-
male delicacy which is one of the char
acteristics of civilization is little under
stood in any Moslem, savage. or bar
barous community. Nor is the life of
such woman without its alienation.
Any slave who bears child to her
master is-she as well as the child
entitled to freedom, and very fire.
quently rich Moselm will free his
seris without any recompense except,
that good conscience which is not a
stranger even to the Moorish breast. In
brie were slavery in Morocco harsher
than it is it would have better chan e
of being crushed. But it is only one
brick in the entire system which pre-
walls in the realm of FL Gharb. There
is in that benighted land one will alone
that of Emir- -Mumein, the "Abso-
lutte Ruler of True Bel evers." The
lives, property, and happiness of every
being in the empire are at the beck of
the Sultan. The townsman is opposed
to the Bashaw il he cannot manage to
buy, or by. right or trick obtain, q
Christian protection ;" the villagers by
their sheiks, and all of them by his
Shereefan MAJESTY. The wives of the
richest Moor a e as much his slaves as
the black men and women who are
bear ng his water-jars or hoeing his
maze-tields: only, while there is a
chance for the slave to get her freedom,
to bask in the sunshine and enjoy the
din of the market place, there is no
hope of any such future for the prin-
cess, who idles her life away in the
narrow rooms Of the palace at Fee,
Mekenez, or Moro co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14
He Smiled.

"What makes you look so happy to-
day." inquired one man of an other
"Oh, I'm going to get married to-
morrow" was the cheerful response.
You've been married once, haven't
you?"
"Yes."
"And you can smile now? Well,
well, it takes good many kinds of
men to make up world. "-Merchant
Trareler.
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Vhe Jrne 9ortheruer.


AIRS. ELIZABETH II oNrsoN left q
sum of money "for the advancement
and qrds. cution of scientific research
In its brodnsst sense This now
amounts to $25, 900, and the trustees
desire to receive applications for the
appropriation of this sum in aid of sci
entific work. The first grant will be
made in the beginning of 1886.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

GENERAL TooMBs had peculiar way
of getting round defeat. IN contro-
versy with a Northerner, who finally
exclaimed, "Well, General, we licked
you, anyhow" he retortea: Licked
us No such thing We wore our
selves out whip ng your General
Jim" Lane, of Kansas, almost elualed
that when in the early part of the civil
war he responded to question about a
rather hurried retreat Of his brigade /:
~No, sir, the Kansas brigade never re-
treats; it countermarches, sirl"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14


Strange how much sentimcnt
Clings like n fragrant scent
To these lovc-lotters, sent
In their pink covers:
Day after day they came,
Feeding loves ficklo flame:
Now, she has changed her name.
Then, we were lovers
Loosen the silken band
Round the square bundle, and
See what dainty hand
Scrubbed To fill IL
Full OF facetious chat;
Fancy how long she sat
Molding the bullets that
Came with each billeti
An. I remember still.
Time that l used to kill
Waiting the postnans shrill
Misunderstanding whistles,
Calling vague doubts to mind,
Whether or no I'd find
One he hnd left behind.
OF her epistles.
Seconds became an age
AT this exciting stage
Two eager eyes the page
Scan for II minute:
Then. with true lovers art.
Study il part by part,
Until they kI ow by heart
Everything in it.
What Is il all nj ont?
Dashes for words left out
Pronouns beyond n doubt
Very devoted.
Howells she's just begun;
Dobson her heat has won;
Locker and Tenny sol
Frequently quoted.
Criss-cross the reading goes,
Rapturous rhyme tn PROSE
WORKS which don't suppose
Look very large in
Books on IN, ologies;
Then there's tiny frieze
Full of sweets in n squeeze.
Worked on the margin.
Lastlv-don't pause 70 laugh
Tint is n r autograph
Signing this truce for half
Her heart surrender;
Pcs scrpturn, on ana two
Dessert-the dinners through =
Linking the Il aud You"
In lcngings tender.
such il thu type Of all
Save one, and let Inc call
Brief notice 10 this small
Note nearly written;
rs but card, you see,
Gently informing me
That il can never be -
This is the mitten.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

JOHN WARWICK DANIEL, who has
been chosen United States Senator
from Virginia, to succeed William
Malone, was born at Lynchburg, Va,
September 5, 1913. His father was
Judge of the Supreme Court of APP
peals. He was student when Vir-
ginia passed the ordinance of secession.
Two days later he volunteered as a
private in the cavalry. On May ],
1861, he was commissioned Second
Lieutenant of the Twenty-seventh Vir-
ginia Infantry. He rose to the rank of
Major, after much hard fighting and
many wounds. AS an officer on the
staff of General Jubal A. Early, he
was present at the battle of the Will
derness, where May 6, 1861, lie was
shot from his horse, his thigh crushed
by the ball. After the war he began
the study of law, and later took the
law course in the University of Vir-
ginia. He has written two textbooks,
one on Negotiable instruments" and
the other on Attachments" and COM
mands a profitable practice. Ma or
Daniel has served in both houses of
the Legislature in Virginia, and was a
candidate for the Governorship of the
State in 1881, resigning his seat in the
Senate for that purpose. He is ready
debater, and is in great request as a
public speaker. He is the father of
several children. Mr.. Daniel will not
take his seat in the United States Sen
ate until March a, 1887.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

A WIFE is the making or unmaking
of the best of men.-Reu. Leo ". Cut
ter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

KING THEBAw of Burmah, says the
London Graphic, was n great patron
of the drama in his ralmy days, and
introduced curious method of reward
ing the actors. Before the King a
table was placed bearing a number of
silver imitation cocanuts filled with
jewels. pearls, and rings of various
value. The King then called each
actor to the table and babe him choose
one of the cocoanuts, the player taking
his chance as to the worth of the con-
tents.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

APAEoDY by poet of one of his
own lines deserves place among the
curiosities of literature. DR.. Holmes
engages in that playful exercise in his
recent birthday tribut 10 Mark Twain.
The opening line, "Ah, Clemens, when
/ saw thee last" provokeda smile from
the Doctors admirers, whose memories
are retentive, for they had not forgot
ten an carrier poem Of his, La
Grisette." which begins, ~Ah, Glenn
ence, when / saw thee last"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-01-14

LOVE p.tches its tent in our heart
but friendship builds there.
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EVERY kind act we can bestow will
have its influence, and eternity will re-
veal ".